Organic matter in black slate shows oxidative degradation within only a few decades

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 355-365

  Fischer, Cornelius ^a,b   Karius, Volker ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; ROOFS; WEATHERING;

GEOLOGICAL TIME; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; MEASUREMENTS OF; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; ROOFING SLATES; THERMAL MATURITY;

SLATE;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SLATE; THERMAL MATURITY;

EID: 34447283541     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.041     Document Type: Article

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