Comparison of vitrified and unvitrified Eocene woody tissues by TMAH thermochemolysis – implications for the early stages of the formation of vitrinite

• Main Authors: Kaelin, Paul E, Huggett, William W, Anderson, Ken B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2006
• Subjects: Axel Heiberg Island; Geodetic Hills; Heiberg
• Online Access: http://www.geochemicaltransactions.com/content/7/1/9

Abstract Samples of vitrified and unvitrified Eocene woody plant tissues collected from the Fossil Forest site, Geodetic Hills, Axel Heiberg Island, have been characterized by TMAH thermochemolysis. All samples are gymnosperm-derived, are of very low maturity and all share the same post-depositional...