FTIR and py-GC-MS spectra of true-fern and seed-fern sphenopterids (Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia, Canada, Pennsylvanian)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-127

  Zodrow, Erwin L ^a   Mastalerz, Maria ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; FTIR and py GC MS spectra; Pennsylvanian; Sphenopterid cuticles; Sydney Coalfield

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC BANDS; AROMATICITY; PTERIDOPHYLLS; SPHENOPTERIDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DATA REDUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEED;

COAL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FERN; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PENNSYLVANIAN;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COAL; FERNS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTRA; SEEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY COALFIELD; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 0036640662     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(02)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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