Variation in marine total organic carbon through the type Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic), Dorset, UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-673

  Tyson, Richard V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Kimmeridge Clay; Productivity; Pyrolysis; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DILUTION; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 3142728775     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-078     Document Type: Article

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