Highly aromatic character of biogeomacromolecules in Chitinozoa: A spectroscopic and pyrolytic study

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1625-1642

  Dutta, Suryendu ^a   Brocke, Rainer ^b   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^c   Littke, Ralf ^d   Wilkes, Heinz ^e   Mann, Ulrich ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOMACROMOLECULES; CHITINOZOA; CURIE POINT PYROLYSIS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; CHITIN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

CHITIN; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFOSSIL; PROTIST; PYROLYSIS; SILURIAN;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ANCYROCHITINA; BURSACHITINA; CALPICHITINA; CHITINOZOA;

EID: 35248824120     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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