Occurrence and palaeoenvironmental significance of aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in Oligocene sediments from the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well (Canada)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-538

  Haberer, Raingard M ^a   Mangelsdorf, Kai ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM-GYMNOSPERM AROMATIC RATIO (AGAR); AROMATIC DITERPENOIDS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; GYMNOSPERM MARKERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOMARKER; GEOCHEMISTRY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646467368     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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