A molecular and carbon isotopic study towards the origin and diagenetic fate of diaromatic carotenoids

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 3-5, 1994, Pages 703-725

  Hartgers, Walter A ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a   Requejo, A G ^b   Allan, Jim ^c   Hayes, John M ^d   Ling, Yue ^a   Xie, Tian Min ^d   Primack, Julie ^d   de Leeuw, Jan W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asphaltenes; carbon isotopes; carotenoids; Chlorobiaceae; diagenesis; Duvernay Formation; kerogen; polar fraction; sulphur compounds; tricarboxylic acid cycle; Western Canada Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROBIACEAE; DUVERNAY FORMATION; KEROGEN; SULPHUR;

CANADA;

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAROTENOID; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

CANADA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBI; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PALEONTOLOGY; PETROLEUM; SULFUR;

EID: 0028668210     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(94)90134-1     Document Type: Article

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