Stratigraphic distribution of macerals and biomarkers in the Donets Basin: Implications for paleoecology, paleoclimatology and eustacy

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-107

  Izart, Alain ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^b   Privalov, V A ^c   Elie, M ^a   Panova, E A ^d   Antsiferov, V A ^c   Alsaab, D ^a   Rainer, T ^b   Sotirov, A ^b   Zdravkov, A ^b   Zhykalyak, M V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^c DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Donetsk State Regional Geological Survey   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Coal petrography; Molecular geochemistry; Organic geochemistry; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DITERPANES; MACERAL COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR GEOCHEMISTRY; UKRAINE;

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COAL RESEARCH;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; EUSTACY; MACERAL; PALEOCLIMATE;

DONETS BASIN; EURASIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 31144470421     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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