Structure of organic matter in conodonts with different colour alteration indexes

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1339-1352

  Marshall, C P ^a   Rose, H R ^a   Lee, G S H ^a   Mar, G L ^b   Wilson, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b National Nanofabrication Facility Propriety Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conodont alteration index; Conodonts; Fourier transform emission spectroscopy; Oxidising environments; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Reducing environments; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DEVONIAN; THERMAL MATURITY;

CONODONTA;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TISSUE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONODONT ALTERATION INDEX; CONODONTS; PYROLYSATES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032586213     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00106-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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