A pyrolytic study of the speciation and isotopic composition of nitrogen in carboniferous shales of the North German Basin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 924-928

  Jurisch, Anke ^a   Krooss, Bernhard M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; THICK LAYERS;

ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

SHALE;

CARBONIFEROUS; FACIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; PYROLYSIS; RESERVOIR; SHALE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 47849091993     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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