Paleoreconstruction by biological markers

Applications of steranes, terpanes and monoaromatics to the maturation, migration and source of crude oils

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Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1983

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A. S. Mackenzie, R.L. Patience, James R. Maxwell et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1980 · 802 citations

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The Hopanoids: palaeochemistry and biochemistry of a group of natural products

Guy Ourisson, Pierre Albrecht, Michel Rohmer · Pure and Applied Chemistry · 1979 · 774 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Plant Sciences, Paleobiology +4

Hydrocarbons of geochemical significance in microscopic algae

Ellen Gelpí, H.‐J. SCHNEIDER, James E. Mann et al. · Phytochemistry · 1970 · 701 citations

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