Biomarkers, stable carbon isotope, and trace element distribution of source rocks in the Orange Basin, South Africa: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction, provenance, and tectonic setting

• Main Authors: Yelwa, Nura Abdulmumini, Mustapha, Khairul Azlan, Opuwari, Mimonitu, Abd Aziz, Azharuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Heidelberg 2022
• Subjects: QE Geology; TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33674/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Aptian to Campanian sediments from the Western offshore to Central Orange Basin were studied by integrating molecular geochemistry, inorganic and isotopic studies to recognize their geochemical characteristics via the reconstruction of the Orange basin's paleoweathering, paleosalinity, paleoveg...