The transfer of organic signatures from bedrock to sediment

Chemical Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 242-252

  Parnell, John ^a   Bowden, Stephen ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^b   Taylor, Colin W ^a   Lee, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Haughton impact structure; Hydrocarbon exploration; Organic geochemistry; Sediment recycling

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DETRITUS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LAURENTIA; MIOCENE; PALEOZOIC; QUATERNARY; REDEPOSITION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37549066960     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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