New insights into the chemical composition of chitinozoans

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1782-1788

  Jacob, Jérémy ^a   Paris, Florentin ^b   Monod, Olivier ^a   Miller, Merrell A ^c   Tang, Peng ^b   George, Simon C ^d   Bény, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD]; KEROGEN NETWORK; MICRO-FTIR; MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL STRESS;

BIOMARKERS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHITIN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 35148832626     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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