Overview

As this is the first general textbook for the field published in over twenty years, the editors have taken great care to make sure coverage is comprehensive. Diagenesis of organic matter, kerogens, exploration for fossil fuels, and many other subjects are discussed in detail to provide faculty and students with a thorough introduction to organic geochemistry.

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Author:   Michael H. Engel ,  Stephen A. Macko
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   2.897kg
ISBN:  

9780306443787

ISBN 10:   0306443783
Pages:   861
Publication Date:   30 September 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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