Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 861 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 2273 g
Reihe: Topics in Geobiology
Principles and Applications
Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 861 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 2273 g
Reihe: Topics in Geobiology
ISBN: 978-1-4613-6252-4
Verlag: Springer US
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Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
I • Introduction.- 1 • Biogeochemical Cycles: A Review of Fundamental Aspects of Organic Matter Formation, Preservation, and Composition.- 2 A Review of Macromolecular Organic Compounds That Comprise Living Organisms and Their Role in Kerogen, Coal, and Petroleum Formation.- 3 • Isotope Fractionation during Primary Production.- II • Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter.- 4 • Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: The Dynamics (Rates) of Cycling of Organic Compounds.- 5 • The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: Bacterial Activity.- 6 • Production, Transport, and Alteration of Particulate Organic Matter in the Marine Water Column.- 7 • Organic Matter at the Sediment-Water Interface.- 8 • The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Lacustrine Sediments.- 9 • Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Sediments: Assessment of Mechanisms and Preservation by the Use of Isotopic Molecular Approaches.- 10 • Marine Invertebrate Feeding and the Sedimentary Lipid Record.- 11 • Early Diagenesis: Consequences for Applications of Molecular Biomarkers.- 12 • The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: Reaction at the Air-Sea Interface.- III • Kerogen and Related Materials.- 13 • Determination of Structural Components of Kerogens by the Use of Analytical Pyrolysis Methods.- 14 • Chemical Methods for Assessing Kerogen and Protokerogen Types and Maturity.- 15 • Organic Petrographic Approach to Kerogen Characterization.- IV • Thermal Alteration of Organic Matter and the Formation of Fossil Fuels.- 16 • The Thermal Alteration of Kerogen and the Formation of Oil.- 17 • Hydrothermal Alteration of Organic Matter in Marine and Terrestrial Systems.- 18 • Laboratory Simulation of Petroleum Formation: Hydrous Pyrolysis.- V • Applications of Organic Geochemical Researchfor Hydrocarbon Exploration.- 19 • Oil-Oil and Oil-Source Rock Correlations: Techniques.- 20 • Organic Geochemistry of Estancia Vieja Oils, Rio Negro Norte Block: Correlation with Other Neuquen Basin, Argentina, Oils.- 21 • Oil to Source Rock Correlation: Concepts and Case Studies.- 22 • The Kinetics of Biomarker Reactions: Implications for the Assessment of the Thermal Maturity of Organic Matter in Sedimentary Basins.- 23 • Effect of Biodegradation and Water Washing on Crude Oil Composition.- 24 • The Origin and Distribution of Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments.- VI • Organic Matter and Metalliferous Deposits.- 25 • The Role of Organic Matter in Ore Transport Processes.- 26 • Aspects of the Organic Geochemistry and Petrology of Metalliferous Ores.- 27 • Metals in Black Shales.- 28 • Trace and Minor Elements in Coal.- VII • The Precambrian.- 29 • Evolution of the Earth’s Atmosphere and Hydrosphere: Hadean to Recent.- 30 • The Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth.- 31 • The Initiation of Biological Processes on Earth: Summary of Empirical Evidence.- 32 • Organic Geochemistry of Precambrian Sedimentary Rocks.- 33 • The Organic Geochemistry of Carbonaceous Meteorites: Amino Acids and Stable Isotopes.- VIII • Applications of Organic Geochemistry for Quaternary Research.- 34 • Applications of Biomarkers for Delineating Marine Paleoclimatic Fluctuations during the Pleistocene.- 35 • The Diagenesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in Fossil Shells.- 36 • Applications of Organic Geochemistry for Quaternary Research: Aminostratigraphy and Aminochronology.- 37 • Sources and Cycling of Organic Matter within Modern and Prehistoric Food Webs.- 38 • Macromolecules from Living and Fossil Biominerals: Implications forthe Establishment of Molecular Phylogenies.- 39 • Immunospecificity of Fossil Proteins: Implications for the Establishment of Evolutionary Trends.- IX • Summary.- 40 • Postscript.