Distribution and origin of organic carbon in the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Formation and Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale, Western Interior, United States
The Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Formation and the overlying Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale are two of several organic-carbon (OC) rich units deposited in the Western interior seaway. A key to assessing the validity of models proposed to account for OC enrichment in these units is understand...
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The University of Arizona.
1997
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282423 |