Phytotaphonomy of Hydrocarbon Precursors, Mahakam Delta,    Kalimantan
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The role of organic carbon in hydrocarbon-bearing deltaic                       environments is dependent upon taphonomic processes affecting                   resident biotic communities.  Crude oils recovered from the                     Mahakam Delta, Indonesia, have been shown to be derived                         exclusively from type III kerogens (humic organic material of                   terrestrial and woody origin).  The project is centered on the                  identification and characterization of phytotaphonomic processes                responsible for the accumulation and alteration of terrestrial                  plant parts with the Holocene and Neogene depositional                          environments in the Mahakam Delta.  The sampling program will                   involve recovery of plant macrodetritus from vibracores, box                    cores, and detrital peat beach ridges.  A reconnaissance                        vegetational survey of biotic communities will be undertaken to                 identify the principal contributors of canopy parts to these                    deltaic sediments.  The recognition of the taphonomic processes                 involved will contribute to our assessment of the principal sites               and potential preservational modes of macrodetritus in plant-                   bearing deltaic regimes.  Results from the project will provide                 significant insight into the role played by tropical lowland                    vegetation in the genesis of recoverable Tertiary hydrocarbons.
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