Changes of palaeoenvironmental conditions recorded in Late Devonian reef systems from the Canning Basin, Western Australia: A biomarker and stable isotope approach

Gondwana Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1500-1515

  Tulipani, Svenja ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^a,b   Haines, Peter W ^c   Sauer, Peter E ^d   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^d   Summons, Roger E ^e   Foster, Clinton B ^b,f   Böttcher, Michael E ^g   Playton, Ted ^h   Schwark, Lorenz ^a,i  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Methylsteranes; C N preservation; Late Devonian; MTTCs; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEVONIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; REEF; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84927640821     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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