Geochemical and palynological investigation of the Shengli River marine oil shale (China): Implications for paleoenvironment and paleoclimate

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Fu, Xiugen ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zeng, Yuhong ^b   Li, Zhongxiong ^a   Wang, Zhengjiang ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Oil shale; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironment; Qiangtang basin

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LOW CARBONS; MARINE OIL; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOFLORAS; QIANGTANG; QIANGTANG BASIN; REDUCING ENVIRONMENTS; SALINE CONDITIONS; STERANE; SUB-HUMID; THERMAL MATURITIES; TIBET PLATEAUX; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; TYPE II;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE HAZARDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

OIL SHALE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL SHALE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGTANG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

ALGAE;

EID: 64249125900     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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