Comparison of torbanites of various origins and evolutionary stages. Bacterial contribution to their formation. Causes of the lack of botryococcane in bitumens

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 43-59

  Derenne, S ^a   Largeau, C ^a   Casadevall, E ^a   Connan, J ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

bitumen; botryococcane; branched and cyclic alkanes; fatty acids; FTIR; pyrolysis; solid state 13C NMR; steranes; Torbanite; triterpanes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOPOLYMERS; FATTY ACIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BJ 248 STRUCTURE; BOTRYOCOCCANE; TORBANITE;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0023842778     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(88)90114-3     Document Type: Article

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