The Biomarker Guide

Volume 1, Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History
Revised
ISBN: 978-0-521-78697-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 489 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 942 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peters, Kenneth E.

Peters, K. E.

Moldowan, J. Michael

Walters, C. C.

Walters, Clifford C.

Moldowan, J. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Stratigraphie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the authors; Preface; Purpose; Acknowledgements; Part I. Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History: 1. Origin and preservation of organic matter; 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; Appendix: geologic time charts; Glossary; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Walters, C. C.
Senior Research Geochemist at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company.

Peters, K. E.
With over 15 years experience as a geochemist in the petroleum industry, he is currently Senior Research Geologist at the US Geological Survey.

Moldowan, J. M.
A member of the Chevron Biomarker Group in the 1970s and 1980s during a time of pioneering research into the application of biomarker technology to petroleum exploration.