The Biomarker Guide
by K. E. Peters , C. C. Walters , J. M. MoldowanEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-10-08
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the role that biomarker technology plays both in petroleum exploration and in understanding Earth history and processes. Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History details the origins of biomarkers and introduces basic chemical principles relevant to their study. It discusses analytical techniques, and applications of biomarkers to environmental and archaeological problems. The Biomarker Guide is an invaluable resource for geologists, petroleum geochemists, biogeochemists, environmental scientists and archaeologists.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| 1. Introduction to biomarkers | |
| 2. Organic chemistry | |
| 3. Biochemistry of biomarkers | |
| 4. Geochemical screening | |
| 5. Refinery oil assays | |
| 6. Stable isotope ratios | |
| 7. Ancillary geochemical methods | |
| 8. Biomarker separation and analysis | |
| 9. Origin of petroleum | |
| 10. Biomarkers in the environment | |
| 11.Biomarkers in archaeology | |
| Glossary | |
| References. |
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