Geochemical characteristics of lower cretaceous lacustrine organic matter in the southern sag of the Wuliyasitai depression, Erlian Basin, China

Sedimentary organic matter preservation: an assessment and speculative synthesis

John I. Hedges, Richard G. Keil · Marine Chemistry · 1995 · 2.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Biogeochemistry +12

Comparison of geochemical indices used for the interpretation of palaeoredox conditions in ancient mudstones

Bryn Jones, David A.C. Manning · Chemical Geology · 1994 · 2.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +16

Organic geochemical indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions of sedimentation

Borys M. Didyk, Bernd R.T. Simoneit, Simon C. Brassell et al. · Nature · 1978 · 2.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +14

Distribution of n-paraffins as a clue to recognition of source beds

E. E. Bray, Ernest D. Evans · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1961 · 1.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction +2

Relationship Between Petroleum Composition and Depositional Environment of Petroleum Source Rocks

Wolfgang K J. Michael Moldowan · AAPG Bulletin · 1985 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Geology, Petroleum Geology +14