Karelian shungite-an indication of 2.0-Ga-old metamorphosed oil-shale and generation of petroleum: Geology, lithology and geochemistry

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-40

  Melezhik, V A ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Filippov, M M ^c   Larsen, O ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Black shale; Carbon; Carbonates; Diagenesis; Hydroc arbon indicators; Isotopes; Kerogen; Metamorphism; Oil shale; Oxygen; Palaeoproterozoic; Petroleum accumulation; Sulphides; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM; PROTEROZOIC; SHUNGITE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032721562     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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