Depositional environment of sedimentary rocks inferred from normal fatty acid compositions

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Murayama, Masaki ^a   Yamamoto, Koshi ^a   Mimura, Koichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedded cherts; Franciscan terrane; Marine sediment; Normal fatty acids; Normal paraffins; Sedimentary environment

Indexed keywords

CHERT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACID; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 0033000944     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00143-2     Document Type: Article

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