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

• Published in: Geochemical Transactions
• Main Authors: Kaelin, Paul E, Huggett, William W, Anderson, Ken B
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2006
• Subjects: Research Article; Axel Heiberg Island; Geodetic Hills; Heiberg
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1622741; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17032456; https://doi.org/10.1186/1467-4866-7-9

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 geologic...