Palaeoproterozoic petrified oil field (Shunga Event)

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 972-979

  Medvedev, P V ^a   Melezhik, V A ^b   Filippov, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Microorganisms; Palaeoproterozoic; Petrified oil; Shungite

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649102140     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030109080152     Document Type: Article

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