Abstract

In the Neogene sedimentological record, organicrich sediments, termed sapropels when they have greater than 2% by weight organic carbon (Kidd et aL, 1978), have been recovered from a number of marginal seas and basins including the Mediterranean and Japan Seas, and have been compared with the black shale facies from the geological record. Detailed research has failed to fully comprehend the significance of these Marine Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

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