Organic facies variability in the Posidonia Black Shale from Luxembourg: Implications for thermal maturation and depositional environment

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 410, Issue , 2014, Pages 316-336

  Song, Jinli ^a   Littke, Ralf ^a   Maquil, Robert ^b   Weniger, Philipp ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Le service ge ologique de l'Etat   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Depositional environment; Lower Toarcian; Luxembourg; Oil shale; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

ALGINITE; BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; NANOPLANKTON; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC MATTER; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; THERMAL MATURITY; TOARCIAN;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

POSIDONIA;

EID: 84944180433     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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