Tasmanites algae - Contributors to the Middle Triassic hydrocarbon source rocks of Svalbard and the Barents Shelf

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-371

  Vigran, Jorunn O ^a   Mørk, Atle ^a,b   Forsberg, Arne W ^c   Weiss, Hermann M ^a   Weitschat, Wolfgang ^d  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Barents Shelf; Source rocks; Tasmanites; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOURCE ROCK; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; TASMANITES;

EID: 56849109789     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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