Evidence for porphyrins bound, via ester bonds, to the Messel oil shale kerogen by selective chemical degradation experiments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3951-3955

  Huseby, B ^a,b   Ocampo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ESTER; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PORPHYRIN;

EID: 0031414071     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00194-4     Document Type: Article

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