Production and preservation of organic matter during deposition of the Bakken Formation (Late Devonian and Early Mississippian), Williston Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 185-200

  Smith, Mark G ^a   Bustin, R Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bakken; Black shale; Organic matter; Preservation; Productivity; Williston Basin

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0032532828     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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