Influence of maceral content on δ13C and δ15N in a Middle Pennsylvanian coal

Chemical Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-90

  Rimmer, Susan M ^a   Rowe, Harold D ^a   Taulbee, Darrell N ^a   Hower, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotopes; C N ratio; DGC; Isotope fractionation; N isotopes; Organic petrology

Indexed keywords

COAL; MACERAL; PENNSYLVANIAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29544435968     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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