Effects of weathering on organic matter: I. Changes in molecular composition of extractable organic compounds caused by paleoweathering of a Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian) marine black shale

Chemical Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 144-156

  Marynowski, Leszek ^a   Kurkiewicz, Slawomir ^b   Rakociński, Michał ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Black shale; Maleimides; Organic matter; PAHs; Paleoweathering; Pyrite framboids

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; MALEIMIDES; ORGANIC MATTER; PAHS; PALEOWEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; CORE DRILLING; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SHALE; SOIL MECHANICS; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR;

POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79957501031     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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