Multiple controls on the preservation of organic matter in Devonian-Mississippian marine black shales: Geochemical and petrographic evidence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-154

  Rimmer, Susan M ^a   Thompson, Jennifer A ^a   Goodnight, Shane A ^a   Robl, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic environments; Kerogen; Organic petrology; Productivity; Terrestrial OM; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; DEVONIAN; KEROGEN; MISSISSIPPIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WEATHERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 8444222830     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00466-3     Document Type: Article

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