Release of bound aromatic hydrocarbons from late Archean and Mesoproterozoic kerogens via hydropyrolysis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1521-1530

  Brocks, Jochen J ^a   Love, Gordon D ^b   Snape, Colin E ^c   Logan, Graham A ^d   Summons, Roger E ^e   Buick, Roger ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DEGRADATION; KEROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEROZOIC; PYROLYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; TOM PRICE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037447455     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)01302-9     Document Type: Article

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