A field study of the chemical weathering of ancient sedimentary organic matter

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 475-487

  Petsch, S T ^a   Berner, R A ^a   Eglinton, T I ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; IR spectroscopy; Organic matter; Oxidation; Pyrolysis; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGRADATION; HYDRATION; KEROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK SHALE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; WEATHERING;

EID: 0034115843     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00014-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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