Middle Famennian (Late Devonian) interval with pyritized fauna from the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland): Organic geochemistry and pyrite framboid diameter study

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-200

  Marynowski, Leszek ^a   Rakociński, Michał ^a   Zatoń, Michał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aryl isoprenoids; Biomarkers; Framboids; Isorenieratane; Pyrytized fauna

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; FAUNA; LIMESTONE; MARL; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; PYRITE; WATER COLUMN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 34347253866     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.187     Document Type: Article

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