Geochemical characteristics of organic matter in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of the Peribaltic Syneclise (Poland)

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 343-369

  Skrȩt, Urszula ^a   Fabianska, Monika J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Lower Palaeozoic; Organic matter; Peribaltic Syneclise; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AVALONIA; BALTICA; BIOMARKER; CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOZOIC; PALYNOLOGY; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY;

POLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951269050     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0034     Document Type: Article

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