Occurrence of fossil organic matter in modern environments: Optical, geochemical and isotopic evidence

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1302-1314

  Graz, Y ^a   Di Giovanni, C ^a   Copard, Y ^b   Elie, M ^c   Faure, P ^c   Laggoun Defarge, F ^a   Leveque J ^d   Michels, R ^c   Olivier, J E ^e  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FOSSIL ORGANIC MATTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; QUALITATIVE CHANGES; RELATIVE RESISTANCE; ROCK-EVAL; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

WEATHERING;

BEDROCK; CARBON CYCLE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MARL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOMORPH; PYROLYSIS; WEATHERING PROFILE;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; DIGNE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 79961032165     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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