Organic Matter Accumulation - The Organic Cyclicities of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Yorkshire, GB) and the Recent Maar Sediments (Lac du Bouchet, France)

The accumulation of organic matter allows inferences about a wide selection of processes in the geological past. The Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Yorkshire, U.K.) can be regarded as a model of the formation of hydrocarbon source rocks. The driving force of organic matter accumulation is the organic phytoplankton productivity, whereas oxygenation conditions seem to have played a secondary role. In Lake Bouchet (French Massif Central) organic matter appears to be a good indicator of paleoenvironmental changes occurring for over 350000 years. The book is of special interest to geologists and geochemists interested in organic matter accumulation.

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• Authors: Phillipe Bertrand, Elisabeth Lallier-Verges, Nicolas-Pierre Tribovillard
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9783540591702
• ISBN: 978-3-540-59170-2
• No. of pages: 187
• Weight: 347 g
• Illustrations: w. numerous figs.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences