Organic facies of holocene carbonates in North Stromatolite Lake, Coorong region, South Australia

Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeoloxico de Laxe

Volumn , Issue 35, 2010, Pages 127-146

  McKirdy, D M ^a   Hayball, A J ^b,c   Warren, J K ^a,d   Edwards, D ^a,e   von der Borch, C C ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Centrex Metals Ltd   (Australia)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker hydrocarbons; Coorong; Holocene; Lacustrine carbonates; Organic facies; Pelletisation; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; FACIES; HOLOCENE; HYDROCARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; COORONG; NORTH STROMATOLITE LAKE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ARTEMIA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 78649337702     PISSN: 02134497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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