Stratigraphy, sedimentology and bulk organic geochemistry of black shales from the Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup (central India)

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-47

  Banerjee, Santanu ^a   Dutta, S ^b   Paikaray, S ^a   Mann, U ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black shales; Catagenesis; Kerogen; Maturation; Microbial mat; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CATAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON; KEROGEN; MATURATION; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 33746283310     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703024     Document Type: Article

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