E. Lippmaa et al., ESTONIAN DICTYONEMA SHALE AND SWEDISH ALUM SHALE - ESTIMATION OF AROMATICITIES BY C-13 NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Gorucie slancy, 12(4), 1995, pp. 289-296
The percentages of aromatic carbon in several Lower Paleozoic black al
um shales of the Baltoscandian, region have been determined by solid s
tate high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In marke
d contrast to the Estonian Middle Ordovician shale kukersite, the blac
k shales have a much higher rank of maturation, and carbon aromaticity
in the Cambrian shales exceeds 50 %. The overall structure of the org
anic matter is similar to that found in typical samples of major US sh
ales.