Paleoenvironmental implications from biomarker and stable isotope investigations on the Pliocene Velenje lignite seam (Slovenia)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1277-1298

  Bechtel, A ^a,e   Sachsenhofer, R F ^a   Markic, M ^b   Gratzer, R ^a   Lucke A ^c   Puttmann W ^d  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^b Geoloski Zavod IGGGG   (Slovenia)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; LIGNITE; REDOX REACTIONS;

GELIFICATION;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; LIGNITE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SLOVENIA; VELENJE BASIN;

METASEQUOIA; SEQUOIA; TAXODIUM;

EID: 0042859875     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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