The sulfur-isotopic compositions of benzothiophenes and dibenzothiophenes as a proxy for thermochemical sulfate reduction

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-164

  Amrani, Alon ^a   Deev, Andrei ^b   Sessions, Alex L ^c   Tang, Yongchun ^b   Adkins, Jess F ^c   Hill, Ronald J ^d   Moldowan, Michael J ^e   Wei, Zhibin ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Power Environmental and Energy Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; EVAPORITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 84859269603     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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