Rapid incorporation of lipids into macromolecules during experimental decay of invertebrates: Initiation of geopolymer formation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Gupta, Neal S ^a,b   Cody, George D ^c   Tetlie, O Erik ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Summons, Roger E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; DIAGENETIC ALTERATIONS; GEOPOLYMER; IN-SITU; RAPID DECOMPOSITIONS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CARBOHYDRATES; EXPERIMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INORGANIC POLYMERS; KEROGEN; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CRUSTACEAN; DIAGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIPID; POLYMER;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 64749095245     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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