Origins and accumulation of organic matter in expanded Albian to Santonian black shale sequences on the Demerara Rise, South American margin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1816-1830

  Meyers, Philip A ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b   Forster, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE SEQUENCES; LAND-DERIVED MATERIALS; OCEAN DRILLING; ORGANIC MATTERS;

CLAY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OLEFINS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROCKS;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

ALBIAN; BLACK SHALE; CLAYSTONE; ORGANIC MATTER; SANTONIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMERARA RISE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33751285873     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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