Kerogen morphology and geochemistry at the Permian-Triassic transition in the Meishan section, South China: Implication for paleoenvironmental variation

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 54-55, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-90

  Sawada, Ken ^a   Kaiho, Kunio ^b   Okano, Kazuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic furan; Fluorescent microscopic observation; Kerogen; Mass extinction; Permian Triassic boundary; Retene; Terrestrial devastation

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; FURAN; KEROGEN; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TETHYS;

CHINA; MEISHAN; ZHEJIANG;

ALGAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84862163064     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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