Identification of carotane breakdown products in the 1.64billion year old Barney Creek Formation, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-430

  Lee, Carina ^a   Brocks, Jochen J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; CATAGENESIS; HYDROUS PYROLYSIS; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PARENT COMPOUNDS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

GALLIUM; HYDROCARBONS;

PYROLYSIS;

BIOMARKER; CAROTENOID; CATAGENESIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PYROLYSIS; SATURATION; SOURCE ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; MCARTHUR BASIN;

EID: 79956331398     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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