Significance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Permian/Triassic boundary sections

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1374-1382

  Nabbefeld, Birgit ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Summons, Roger E ^b   Hays, Lindsay E ^b   Cao, Changqun ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONENE; DIBENZOFURANS; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; FLUORANTHENE; FOREST FIRES; FUNGAL SOURCES; GREENLAND; LAND PLANTS; LATE PERMIAN; PERYLENES; RIVER BASINS; SIBERIA; SOUTH CHINA; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VOLCANOES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FOREST FIRE; PAH; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WOOD;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; FUNGI; HYDROCARBONS; VOLCANISM;

ALBERTA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CHINA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; KAP STOSCH; MEISHAN; PEACE BASIN; ZHEJIANG;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77955662546     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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