An organic geochemical study of Cenomanian-Turonian sediments from the Western Interior Seaway, Canada

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1177-1198

  Simons, Dirk Jan H ^a,c   Kenig, Fabien ^a   Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; TECTONICS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKER; CENOMANIAN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL MATURITY; TURONIAN;

CANADA; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 0043068288     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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