Molecular composition and chemosystematic aspects of Cretaceous amber from the Amazonas, Araripe and Recôncavo basins, Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 863-875

  Pereira, Ricardo ^a   Carvalho, Ismar de Souza ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^b   Azevedo, Débora de Almeida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DITERPENOIDS; FERRUGINOL; FOSSIL RECORDS; METHOXYPHENOLS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; RESIN SAMPLES; SANTANA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TERPENOIDS; TRITERPENOIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARAFFINS; PHENOLS; RESINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AMBER;

AMBER; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RESIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ARARIPE BASIN; BAHIA; BRAZIL; RECONCAVO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARAUCARIACEAE; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 67649784082     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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