A newly discovered norisoprenoid, 2,6,15,19-tetramethylicosane, in Cretaceous black shales

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 965-970

  Vink, Annemiek ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Sephton, Sarah ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; NORISOPRENOID;

EID: 0032029088     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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