Analysis of hopanes and steranes in single oil-bearing fluid inclusions using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Siljestrom S ^a,b   Lausmaa, J ^b   SjOvall P ^b   Broman, C ^a   Thiel, V ^c   Hode, T ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOPANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRITERPENE;

ALKANE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMARKER; CALCITE; CRUDE OIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; EARLY EARTH; EUKARYOTE; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUORITE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IONIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; ORDOVICIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; SOURCE ROCK;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EUKARYOTA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; TRITERPENES;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 73349089937     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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