Compounds released by sequential chemolysis from cuticular remains of the Cretaceous Gymnosperm Squamastrobus tigrensis (Patagonia, the Argentine)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 623-634

  Almendros, G ^a   Dorado, J ^a   Sanz, J ^b   Alvarez Ramis, C ^c   Fernandez Marron M T ^c   Archangelsky, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benzenecarboxylic acids; Cretaceous flora; Fossil cuticles; FTIR; GC MS; Lipids; Perborate degradation; Pyrolysis; Resin acids; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

BENZENECARBOXYLIC ACID; CRETACEOUS GYMNOSPERM; FOSSIL CUTICLES; PERBORATE DEGRADATION; SEQUENTIAL CHEMOLYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; DEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PYROLYSIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CRETACEOUS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032784380     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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