Comparison of vitrified and unvitrified Eocene woody tissues by TMAH thermochemolysis - Implications for the early stages of the formation of vitrinite

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kaelin, Paul E ^a   Huggett, William W ^a   Anderson, Ken B ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; EOCENE; LIGNIN; VITRINITE; WOODY PLANT;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33750965721     PISSN: 14674866     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-7-9     Document Type: Article

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