The role of event beds in the preservation of organic carbon in fine-grained sediments: Analyses of the sedimentological processes operating during deposition of the Whitby Mudstone Formation (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) preserved in northeast England

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 309-320

  Ghadeer, Samer G ^a,c   Macquaker, Joe H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Event beds; Marine snow; Mudstone heterogeneity; Organic matter preservation; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CARBON MINERALIZATION; DEPOSITIONAL EVENT; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ENGLAND; EVENT BED; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHODS; JURASSIC; LITHOFACIES; LOW-ENERGY CONDITIONS; MARINE SNOW; MASS FLOW; MICRO FABRIC; MUDSTONE HETEROGENEITY; ORGANIC PRODUCTION; ORGANIC-CARBON PRESERVATION; OXIDANT DIFFUSION; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SOURCE ROCKS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMNS;

AGGREGATES; BLOOMS (METAL); CLAY MINERALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAMINATING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SNOW;

ROCKS;

DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; JURASSIC; LITHOFACIES; MINERALIZATION; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOURCE ROCK; TOARCIAN;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861681897     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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