Experimental evidence for the formation of geomacromolecules from plant leaf lipids

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Gupta, Neal S ^a,b   Michels, Raymond ^c   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Collinson, Margaret E ^d   Evershed, Richard P ^a   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC PRECURSOR; FOSSIL ORGANIC MATTER; GEOMACROMOLECULES;

EXTRACTION; KEROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOLVENTS; TISSUE;

LIPIDS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KEROGEN; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT;

EID: 33845972660     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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