Chemometric analysis of functional groups in fossil remains of the Dicroidium flora (Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for kerogen formation

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-111

  D'Angelo, José A ^a,b   Escudero, Leticia B ^a   Volkheimer, Wolfgang ^a   Zodrow, Erwin L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chemometric study; FTIR; Gondwana Triassic; Kerogen

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BIOMACROMOLECULES; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CHEMOMETRIC STUDIES; COAL MACERALS; COAL SAMPLE; DATA MATRICES; DIFFERENT MODES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; FTIR; INFRARED SPECTRUM; MATRIX; OIL AND GAS; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PRESERVATION STATE; SAMPLE FORM; SAMPLE TREATMENT; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SIDE-CHAINS; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC; TWO-COMPONENT; UPPER TRIASSIC;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; SPECTROSCOPY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CARBONYL COMPOUND; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTICLE; FERN; FLORA; FOSSIL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; KEROGEN; MACERAL; PALEOCLIMATE; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARGENTINA; CACHEUTA; MENDOZA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; DICROIDIUM; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 79960378996     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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