Aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in terrestrial organic matter of Devonian to Permian age

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 253-274

  Armstroff, Antje ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b   Schwarzbauer, Jan ^c   Littke, Ralf ^c   Horsfield, Brian ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age and source relationship; Alkylnaphthalenes; Alkylphenanthrenes; Aromatic biomarkers; Late Palaeozoic; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOMARKER; DEVONIAN; FLORA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMIAN; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOSCOW BASIN; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33748745488     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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