Aromatized arborane/fernane hydrocarbons as biomarkers for cordaites

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 616-621

  Auras, Stefan ^a   Wilde, Volker ^b   Scheffler, Kay ^c   Hoernes, Stephan ^c   Kerp, Hans ^d   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cordaite; Gymnosperms; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COAL; HYDROCARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COAL; FOSSIL; GYMNOSPERM; HYDROCARBON; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; SOLVENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SWAMP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; FLORA; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PLANT SEED; SEDIMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FOSSILS; GERMANY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; SAAR-NAHE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDAITES; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MARATTIALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33751421290     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0150-x     Document Type: Article

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