Structural and isotopic analysis of kerogens in sediments rich in free sulfurised Botryococcus braunii biomarkers

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-482

  Grice, Kliti ^a,d   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Blokker, Peter ^a   Derenne, Sylvie ^b   Largeau, Claude ^b   Nissenbaum, Arie ^c   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMARKERS; ISOTOPES; SAPONIFICATION; SEDIMENTS;

KEROGEN;

ALKANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KEROGEN;

BIOMARKER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KEROGEN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PYROLYSIS; TERTIARY;

CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISRAEL; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SAPONIFICATION; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0037232007     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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