Organic Geochemistry: Principles and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biogeochemical Cycles....Pages 3-21
A Review of Macromolecular Organic Compounds That Comprise Living Organisms and Their Role in Kerogen, Coal, and Petroleum Formation....Pages 23-72
Isotope Fractionation during Primary Production....Pages 73-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: The Dynamics (Rates) of Cycling of Organic Compounds....Pages 101-117
The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: Bacterial Activity....Pages 119-144
Production, Transport, and Alteration of Particulate Organic Matter in the Marine Water Column....Pages 145-169
Organic Matter at the Sediment-Water Interface....Pages 171-184
The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Lacustrine Sediments....Pages 185-209
Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Sediments....Pages 211-224
Marine Invertebrate Feeding and the Sedimentary Lipid Record....Pages 225-235
Early Diagenesis: Consequences for Applications of Molecular Biomarkers....Pages 237-253
The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: Reaction at the Air-Sea Interface....Pages 255-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Determination of Structural Components of Kerogens by the Use of Analytical Pyrolysis Methods....Pages 271-287
Chemical Methods for Assessing Kerogen and Protokerogen Types and Maturity....Pages 289-353
Organic Petrographic Approach to Kerogen Characterization....Pages 355-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
The Thermal Alteration of Kerogen and the Formation of Oil....Pages 377-396
Hydrothermal Alteration of Organic Matter in Marine and Terrestrial Systems....Pages 397-418
Laboratory Simulation of Petroleum Formation....Pages 419-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Oil-Oil and Oil-Source Rock Correlations: Techniques....Pages 445-460
Organic Geochemistry of Estancia Vieja Oils, Rio Negro Norte Block....Pages 461-471
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Oil to Source Rock Correlation....Pages 473-490
The Kinetics of Biomarker Reactions....Pages 491-510
Effect of Biodegradation and Water Washing on Crude Oil Composition....Pages 511-533
The Origin and Distribution of Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments....Pages 535-544
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
The Role of Organic Matter in Ore Transport Processes....Pages 547-563
Aspects of the Organic Geochemistry and Petrology of Metalliferous Ores....Pages 565-580
Metals in Black Shales....Pages 581-592
Trace and Minor Elements in Coal....Pages 593-607
Front Matter....Pages 609-609
Evolution of the Earth’s Atmosphere and Hydrosphere....Pages 611-623
The Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth....Pages 625-637
The Initiation of Biological Processes on Earth....Pages 639-655
Organic Geochemistry of Precambrian Sedimentary Rocks....Pages 657-684
The Organic Geochemistry of Carbonaceous Meteorites....Pages 685-695
Front Matter....Pages 697-697
Applications of Biomarkers for Delineating Marine Paleoclimatic Fluctuations during the Pleistocene....Pages 699-738
The Diagenesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in Fossil Shells....Pages 739-753
Applications of Organic Geochemistry for Quaternary Research....Pages 755-783
Sources and Cycling of Organic Matter within Modern and Prehistoric Food Webs....Pages 785-798
Macromolecules from Living and Fossil Biominerals....Pages 799-816
Immunospecificity of Fossil Proteins....Pages 817-827
Front Matter....Pages 829-829
Postscript....Pages 831-832
Back Matter....Pages 833-861