Thermal alteration of organic matter in an impact crater and the duration of postimpact heating

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Parnell, John ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^b   Lee, Pascal ^c   Green, Paul F ^d   Baron, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Haughton impact structure; Impact craters; Mars; Thermal alteration; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

KINETIC MODELING; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC MATTER; TERTIARY HOUGHTON IMPACT STRUCTURES;

FOSSIL FUELS; HEATING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; KINETIC THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ROCKS;

CRATER; HEATING; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; ORGANIC MATTER; TERTIARY;

EID: 18944379419     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21204.1     Document Type: Article

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