Chemometric study of functional groups in Pennsylvanian gymnosperm plant organs (Sydney Coalfield, Canada): Implications for chemotaxonomy and assessment of kerogen formation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1312-1325

  D'Angelo, José A ^a,b   Zodrow, Erwin L ^c   Camargo, Alejandra ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CHEMOMETRIC STUDIES; COAL FIELDS; COAL MACERALS; COAL SAMPLE; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; DATA MATRICES; FOSSIL FOLIAGE; FTIR; FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS; GENERAL APPROACH; LIQUID STATE; MATRIX; NOVA SCOTIA; OIL AND GAS; PLANT MATERIAL; PLANT ORGANS; PRESERVATION STATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SAMPLE FORM; SAMPLE SETS; SUBBASINS; TWO-COMPONENT MODEL;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOCHEMISTRY; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; KEROGEN; METADATA; PETROLEUM REFINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; VEGETATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ABSORPTION; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GYMNOSPERM; KEROGEN; MACERAL; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRESERVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SYDNEY COALFIELD;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MEDULLOSALES;

EID: 78649632785     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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