Characterization of permineralized kerogen from an Eocene fossil fern

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-364

  Czaja, Andrew D ^a   Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B ^b   Cody, George D ^c   Schopf, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; BIOLOGICAL MATTERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CELL WALLS; DETAILED CHEMISTRIES; GEOLOGIC UNITS; ORGANIC MATURATIONS; PERMINERALIZATION; POLYENE CHAINS; PY-GC-MS; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES; UV-RAMAN; VASCULAR PLANTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOOLS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHERT; EOCENE; FERN; FOSSIL; KEROGEN; MINERALIZATION; PAH; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 60549086213     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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