Organic geochemistry in Pennsylvanian tidally influenced sediments from SW Indiana

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Mastalerz, Maria ^a   Kvale, Erik P ^a   Stankiewicz, B Artur ^b   Portle, Kristin ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil Formation; Illinois Basin; Indiana; Pennsylvanian; Tidal rhythmites

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COAL; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033013516     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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