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Phytane

Phytane is a saturated isoprenoid hydrocarbon derived from the phytol side chain of chlorophyll, serving as a biomarker in organic geochemistry for assessing the origin, thermal maturity, and depositional environment of sedimentary organic matter.

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Sedimentary organic matter: organic facies and palynofacies

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.3K citations

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The ratios of dibenzothiophene to phenanthrene and pristane to phytane as indicators of depositional environment and lithology of petroleum source rocks

William B. Hughes, Á. Holba, Leon Dzou · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1995 · 917 citations

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Restricted utility of the pristane/phytane ratio as a palaeoenvironmental indicator

H Lo ten Haven, J.W. de Leeuw, Jürgen Rullkötter et al. · Nature · 1987 · 784 citations · Full text

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Relationship between Ratio of Pristane to Phytane, Crude Oil Composition and Geological Environment in Australia

T.G. Powell, David M. McKirdy · Nature Physical Science · 1973 · 574 citations

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Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin from a One-Billion-Year-Old Sediment

G. Eglinton, P. M. Scott, T. Belsky et al. · Science · 1964 · 211 citations

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Authors

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  1. JS
    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

    Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 1K citations

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  2. JD
    J.W. de Leeuw

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 951 citations

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  3. MB
    Max Blumer

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 192 citations

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  4. JO
    J. Oró

    University of Houston, United States

    2 publications · 290 citations

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  5. ES
    Elso S. Barghoorn

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 171 citations

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Institutions

94

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    670 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    376 citations

  3. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  4. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

    Den Burg, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    906 citations

  5. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    675 citations

  6. Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine named after Y.M. Lopukhin

    Moscow, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  7. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

  8. University of Baghdad

    Baghdad, Iraq

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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  1. Science

    6 publications · 654 citations

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  2. Journal of Petroleum Geology

    4 publications · 106 citations

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  3. AAPG Bulletin

    4 publications · 90 citations

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  4. Organic Geochemistry

    3 publications · 219 citations

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  5. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    2 publications · 949 citations

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