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

作者：G. Eglinton, P. M. Scott, T. Belsky, Alma L. Burlingame, Melvin Calvin · 发表于：Science · 年份：1964 · DOI：10.1126/science.145.3629.263 · 被引用次数：212 · 研究领域：Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis、Petroleum Processing and Analysis、Radioactive element chemistry and processing

The isoprenoid hydrocarbons, phytane (C(20)H(42)) and pristane (C(19)H(40)), are present in the oil seeping from the Precambrian Nonesuch formation at the White Pine Mine, Michigan. Gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry provide the isolation and identification procedures.