The analysis and application of biomarkers

Biomarkers (molecular fossils) are derived from lipids and photosynthetic pigments from organisms that lived long ago in the past. In sedimentary systems, lipids can be reduced to biomarkers. Biomarkers can exist in sediments and oils over hundreds of millions of years. Many of the biomarkers encoun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grice, Kliti, Eiserbeck, Christiane
Other Authors: Karl K. Turekian
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Elsevier Science 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5117