Comments on the reported unusual progression of petroleum hydrocarbon distribution patterns during environmental weathering

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 117-120

  Galperin, Yakov ^a   Kaplan, Isaac R ^b  

^a Environmental Geochemistry Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkane degradation; Hydrocarbon fingerprinting; Methanogenic biodegradation; Petroleum degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049100995     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920802115324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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