Source and significance of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments (Hovea-3 well, Perth Basin, Western Australia) spanning the Permian-Triassic boundary

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1795-1803

  Grice, Kliti ^a   Nabbefeld, Birgit ^a   Maslen, Ercin ^a  

^a Curtin University of Technology Perth Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIATION; MASS EXTINCTION; TRIPHENYLENE;

ALGAE; HYDROGEN; KEROGEN; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

PYRENE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COAL; KEROGEN; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PEAT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PYROLYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HOVEA;

EID: 35548990577     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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