Macrocyclic alkanes in crude oils from the algaenan of Botryococcus braunii

New classes of biomarkers, macrocyclic alkanes, have been previously identified in high grade oil shales (torbanites, Late Carboniferous-Late Permian) containing remains of the freshwater alga Botryococcus braunii (B. braunii). In this study we report the occurrence of these compounds in two Indones...

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Main Authors: Audino, Michiele, Grice, Kliti, Alexander, Robert, Kagi, Robert
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier 2002
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27096