Novel cyclised and aromatised diagenetic products of β-carotene in the Green River Shale

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 451-466

  Koopmans, Martin P ^a,b   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatisation of carotenoids; Diagenetic transformations; Expulsion of toluene and m xylene; Green River Shale; Isorenieratene; Polyene cyclisation; Reduction of double bonds; carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; DIAGENESIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHALE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

CAROTENOIDS; DIAGENETIC TRANSFORMATIONS; ISORENIERATENE; POLYENE CYCLIZATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0030609217     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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