Black Shales

by Paul B. Wignall

Black shales provides the first comprehensive synthesis of the diverse research regarding the origin of petroleum source rocks. The book offers in-depth reviews from the fields sedimentology, palaeoecology, and geochemistry, and particularly focuses on the influence of palaeo-oxygen levels. Current debates--including the one over the influence of sedimentation rate, productivity, and enhanced preservation on the burial efficiency of organic carbon--receive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198540388
• ISBN13: 9780198540380
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages