Crocetane: A potential marker of photic zone euxinia in thermally mature sediments and crude oils of Devonian age

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Maslen, Ercin ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Gale, Julian D ^b   Hallmann, Christian ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; CRUDE OILS; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; ISOPRENOID; ISOTOPIC STUDIES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA; PHYTANE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SOURCE ROCKS; STRUCTURAL FEATURES; THERMAL MATURITIES; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GAS HYDRATES; GAS OILS; METHANE; MILITARY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CRUDE OIL; DEVONIAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PHOTIC ZONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THERMAL MATURITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

CHLOROBI;

EID: 57649089338     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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