Determination of metalloporphyrins in rocks, sediments and other geological materials using total reflectance spectrophotometry

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-331

  Deaton, B C ^a   Balsam, William L ^b  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

metalloporphyrins; porphyrin; spectral reflectance; total reflectance

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; REFLECTOMETERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

METALLOPORPHYRINS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOTAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

BIOMARKER; COPPER; METALLOPORPHYRIN; NICKEL; PORPHYRIN; SPECTROPHOMETRY; TOTAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VANADIUM;

EID: 0030088545     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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