Functional groups and common pyrolysate products of Odontopteris cantabrica (index fossil for the Cantabrian Substage, Carboniferous)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-50

  Zodrow, Erwin L ^a   D'Angelo, José A ^a,b   Helleur, Robert ^c   Šimůnek, Zbynek ^d  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Canada; Compression; Czech Republic; Fossilized cuticle; Odontopteris cantabrica; Spectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOSSILIZED-CUTICLE; ODONTOPTERIS CANTABRICA; SPECTROCHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMPACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONIFEROUS; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID; PLANT; PRESERVATION; PYROLYSIS; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; CZECH REPUBLIC;

FILICOPHYTA; MEDULLOSALES;

EID: 84863098679     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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