Kimmeridge jet - A potential new source for British jet

Archaeometry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-143

  Watts, S ^a   Pollard, A M ^a   Wolff, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Britain; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Jet; Kimmeridge; Organic petrology; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Whitby; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347074993     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1997.tb00793.x     Document Type: Article

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