Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic fractionation of individual n-alkanes accompanying biodegradation: Evidence from a group of progressively biodegraded oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-238

  Sun, Yongge ^a   Chen, Zhenyan ^b   Xu, Shiping ^a   Cai, Pingxia ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b PetroChina   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; PARAFFINS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

EID: 11844306628     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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