Australasian asphaltite strandings: Their origin reviewed in light of the effects of weathering and biodegradation on their biomarker and isotopic profiles
Asphaltites, long known to strand along the coastline of southern Australia and as distantly as New Zealand and Macquarie Island, are widely regarded as artefacts of submarine oil seepage. Their remarkably uniform composition suggests a common source: marine shale containing sulphur-rich Type II ker...
Published in: | Marine and Petroleum Geology |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Elsevier
2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24784 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.06.013 |