The petrology, organic geochemistry and palynology of Tertiary age Eureka Sound Group coals, Arctic Canada

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 799-809

  Kalkreuth, W ^a   Keuser, C ^b   Fowler, M ^c   Li, M ^c   Mcintyre, D ^d   Puttmann W ^e   Richardson, R ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d J W Goethe Univ Frankfurt am Main ^*  (Canada)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Depositional environment; Hydrocarbon generative potential; Organic geochemistry; Palynology; Petrology; Tertiary coal

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CANADA; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALYNOLOGY; TERTIARY COAL;

BIOMARKERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

PETROLOGY;

LIGNITE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALYNOLOGY; TERTIARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032431751     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00122-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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