A high resolution biomarker study of different lithofacies of organic sulfur-rich carbonate rocks of a Kimmeridgian lagoon (French southern Jura)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 151-177

  Van Kaam Peters, Heidy M E ^a   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^a   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Carotenoids; Euxinic conditions; Organic sulfur compounds; Palaeoenvironmental assessment; Palaeolagoon; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; MICROBIAL MATS; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; MATERIAL FORMS AND STATES; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT; SULFUR;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; ISOTOPES; KEROGEN; LIMESTONE; LIPIDS; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PETROLOGY;

EID: 0032499105     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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