Sedimentary organic matter sources and depositional environment in the Yegua formation (Brazos County, Texas)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1437-1453

  Routh, Joyanto ^a   McDonald, Thomas J ^a   Grossman, Ethan L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; C N ratio; Carbon isotopes; Parasequences; Regressive; Stratigraphic boundaries; Transgressive; Yegua formation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032697183     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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