Organic geochemical characterization of a Miocene core sample from Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-710

  Eglinton, Lorraine B ^a   Lim, Darlene ^b   Slater, Greg ^c   Osinski, Gordon R ^d   Whelan, Jean K ^a   Douglas, Marianne ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SOURCE HISTORY; HAUGHTON IMPACT STRUCTURE (HIS); ORGANIC BIOPOLYMERS; PETROLEUM FLUIDS;

BIOPOLYMERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRATER LAKE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MIOCENE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOZOIC; PETROLEUM;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33646894681     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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