Chemical characteristics of Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) jet of the Gosau Group of Gams/Hieflau (Styria, Austria)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-49

  Bechtel, A ^a   Gratzer, R ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aromatisation; Bituminous matter; Diterpenoids; Jet; Rank; Sequiterpenoids; Steroids; Subbituminous A coals

Indexed keywords

ROCK-EVAL ANALYSIS;

AROMATIZATION; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; BITUMINOUS COAL; DEGRADATION; LIPIDS; PYROLYSIS; SHALE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SEDIMENTS;

COAL RANK; CRETACEOUS; JET; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0035270909     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(01)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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