Paleogeography and paleoecology of the upper Miocene Zillingdorf lignite deposit (Austria)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-143

  Bechtel, A ^a   Reischenbacher, D ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^a   Gratzer, R ^a   Lucke A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carbon isotopes; Coal petrography; Pannonian Basin; Upper Miocene

Indexed keywords

LIGNITE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

BIOMARKERS; COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; GYMNOSPERM; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEAT; PETROGRAPHY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFERALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33845590424     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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