The Biomarker Guide: Volume 2, Biomarkers and Isotopes in Petroleum Systems and Earth History

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Cambridge University Press; 2 edition, 2007. — 704 p. Biomarkers are compounds found in crude oil with structures inherited from once-living organisms. They persist in oil spills, refinery products and archaeological artifacts, and can be used to identify the origin, geological age and environmental conditions prevelant during their formation and alteration. The two volumes of the Biomarker Guide detail the origin of petroleum, technology for its analysis and key parameters for interpretation. It will be an invaluable resource for geologists, petroleum geochemists, biogeochemists, environmental and forensic scientists, natural product chemists and archaeologists.Contents About the authors Preface Purpose Acknowledgements Geochemical correlation and chemometrics Source- and age-related biomarker parameters Maturity-related biomarker parameters Non-biomarker maturity parameters Biodegradation parameters Tectonic and biotic history of the Earth Petroleum systems through time Problem areas and further work Appendix: geologic time charts Glossary References Index.