Occurrence of retene in upper Silurian-lower Devonian sediments from North Africa: Origin and implications

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-306

  Romero Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda ^a   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a   Vecoli, Marco ^a   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; DIAGENETICS; LAND PLANTS; NORTH AFRICA; PALAEOZOIC; SILURIAN-DEVONIAN; SOUTHERN TUNISIA; STRONG CORRELATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; ALKENE; BIOMARKER; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DIAGENESIS;

NORTH AFRICA;

BRYOPHYTES; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 74449085742     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alexander G., Hazai I., Grimalt J., and Albaigés J. Occurrence and transformation of phyllocladanes in brown coals from Nograd Basin, Hungary. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51 (1987) 2065-2073
2. Alexander R., Noble R.A., and Kagi R.I. Fossil resin biomarkers and their application in oil to source rock correlation, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association Journal 27 (1987) 63-72
3. Anderson, K.B., Crelling, J.C., 1996. Amber, resinite and fossil resins. ACS Symposium Series 617, 296pp.
4. Asakawa Y. Chemosystematics of the Hepaticae. Phytochemistry 65 (2004) 623-669
5. Bordoloi M., Shukla V.S., Nath S.C., and Sharma R.P. Naturally occurring cadinenes. Phytochemistry 28 (1989) 2007-2037
6. Chopra R.N., and Kumra K.P. Biology of Bryophytes (1988), John Wiley & Sons, New York 350pp
7. Eglinton G., and Hamilton R.J. Leaf epicuticular waxes. Science 156 (1967) 1322-1335
8. Ellis L., Singh R., Alexander R., and Kagi R. Formation of isohexyl alkylaromatic hydrocarbons from aromatization-rearrangement of terpenoids in the sedimentary environment: a new class of biomarker. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 (1996) 4747-4763
9. Graebe J.E., Dennis D.T., Upper C.D., and West C.A. Biosynthesis of gibberellins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 240 (1965) 1847-1854
10. Haberer R.M., Mangelsdorf K., Wilkes H., and Horsfield B. Occurrence and palaeoenvironmental significance of aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in Oligocene sediments from the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well (Canada). Organic Geochemistry 37 (2006) 519-538
11. Hall S.F., and Oehlschlager A.C. Cationic rearrangements and cyclizations of diterpenoid olefins. Tetrahedron 28 (1972) 3155-3173
12. Hartgers .A., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Requejo A.G., Allan J., Hayes J.M., Ling Y., Xie T.M., Primack J., and de Leeuw J.W. A molecular and carbon isotopic study towards the origin and diagenetic fate of diaromatic carotenoids. Organic Geochemistry 22 (1994) 703-725
13. Hautevelle Y., Michels R., Malartre F., and Trouiller A. Vascular plant biomarkers as proxies for palaeoflora and palaeoclimatic changes at the Dogger/Malm transition of the Paris Basin (France). Organic Geochemistry 37 (2006) 610-625
14. Koopmans M.P., Köster J., Van Kaam-Peters H.M.E., Kenig F., Schouten S., Hartgers W.A., de Leeuw J.W., and Sinninghe Damsté J.S. Diagenetic and catagenetic products of isorenieratene: molecular indicators for photic zone anoxia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 (1996) 4467-4496
15. Lafargue E., Marquis F., and Pillot D. Rock-Eval 6 applications in hydrocarbon exploration, production and soils contamination studies. Oil & Gas Science and Technology, Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole 53 (1998) 421-437
16. Liu H.-J., and Wu C.-L. A rearranged abietane-type diterpenoid from the liverwort Makinoa crispata. Phytochemistry 44 (1997) 1523-1525
17. MacMillan J. Occurrence of gibberellins in vascular plants, fungi, and bacteria. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 20 (2001) 387-442
18. Noble R.A., Alexander R., Ian Kagi R., and Knox J. Tetracyclic diterpenoid hydrocarbons in some Australian coals, sediments and crude oils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 49 (1985) 2141-2147
19. Otto A., and Simoneit B.R.D. Chemosystematics and diagenesis of terpenoids in fossil conifers species and sediment from the Eocene Zeitz Formation, Saxony, Germany. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 65 (2001) 3505-3527
20. Peters K.E., Walters C.W., and Moldowan J.M. The Biomarker Guide (2005), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 706pp
21. Requejo A., Allan J., Creaney S., Gray N., and Cole K. Aryl isoprenoids and diaromatic carotenoids in Paleozoic source rocks and oils from the Western Canada and Williston Basins. Organic Geochemistry 19 (1992) 245-264
22. Sieskind O., Joly G., and Albrecht P. Simulation of the geochemical transformations of sterols; superacid effect of clay minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 43 (1979) 1675-1680
23. Simonsen J.L., and Barton D.H.R. The Terpenes: The Sesquiterpenes, Diterpenes and their Derivatives (1952), Cambridge University Press, New York 580pp
24. Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Kock-van Dalen A.C., and de Leeuw J.W. Identification of isoprenoid alkylbenzenes in sediments and crude oils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 52 (1988) 2671-2677
25. Spina A., and Vecoli M. Palynostratigraphy and vegetational changes in the Siluro-Devonian of the Ghadamis Basin, North Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 282 (2009) 1-18
26. Summons R.E., and Powell T.G. Identification of aryl isoprenoids in source rocks and crude oils: biological markers for the green sulphur bacteria. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51 (1987) 557-566
27. Underdown R., and Redfern J. Petroleum generation and migration in the Ghadames Basin, North Africa: a two-dimensional basin-modeling study. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 92 (2008) 53-76
28. van Aarssen B., Alexander R., and Kagi R. Higher plant biomarkers reflect palaeovegetation changes during Jurassic times. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64 (2000) 1417-1424
29. Wen Z., Ruiyong W., Radke M., Qingyu W., Guoying S., and Zhili L. Retene in pyrolysates of algal and bacterial organic matter. Organic Geochemistry 31 (2000) 757-762
30. Wu C.L., and Jong J.R. A cyclic peroxide of clerodenoic acid from the Taiwanese liverwort Schistochila acuminata. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 3 (2001) 241-246
31. Zhang L., Huang D., and Liao Z. High concentration retene and methylretene in Silurian carbonate of Michigan Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin 44 (1999) 2083-2086