Characterisation of non-extractable macromolecular organic matter in Palaeozoic coals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 275-304

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

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical degradation; Infrared spectra; Macromolecular organic matter; Palaeozoic; Plant evolution; Pyrolysis; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; DEVONIAN; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PLANT; PYROLYSIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33748753503     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.053     Document Type: Article

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