Contact metamorphism of organic-rich mudstones and carbon release around a magmatic sill in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, western Pyrenees

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-35

  Agirrezabala, Luis M ^a   Permanyer, Albert ^b   Suárez Ruiz, Isabel ^c   Dorronsoro, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DEVOLATILIZATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; METHANE-DERIVED AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; MINERAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC-RICH MUDSTONE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON;

BASALT; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN; MAGMATISM; METHANE; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; OUTCROP; OVERBURDEN; POREWATER; PYROLYSIS; SILL;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84897655454     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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