Publication Date:
1992-04-17
Description:
Study of organic matter in immature sediments from a Messinian evaporitic basin shows that consideration of structures, modes of occurrence, and carbon isotopic compositions of free and sulfur-bound carbon skeletons allow identification of biochemical precursors. Detailed information concerning biotic communities present during deposition of sediments can be retrieved in this way. Moreover, unprecedented biochemicals were recognized; these extend the horizon of biomarker geochemistry.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kohnen, M E -- Schouten, S -- Damste, J S -- de Leeuw, J W -- Merritt, D A -- Hayes, J M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 17;256:358-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Organic Geochemistry Unit, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11540057" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Archaea
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Carbon/chemistry
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*Carbon Radioisotopes
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Dinoflagellida
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Eukaryota
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Euryarchaeota
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Geology/*methods
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Lipids/chemistry
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Paleontology/*methods
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Plants
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Soil
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Sulfur/*chemistry
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
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