Microscopic studies of sedimentary organic matter: Key to understanding organic-rich strata, with Paleozoic examples from western Canada Basin

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 149-172

  Stasiuk, L D ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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HYDROCARBON; KEROGEN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK;

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