HIGH DIAHOPANE AND NEOHOPANE ABUNDANCES IN A BIODEGRADED CRUDE-OIL FROM THE BARROW SUBBASIN OF WESTERN-AUSTRALIA

被引:16
作者
ARMANIOS, C
ALEXANDER, R
KAGI, RI
机构
[1] Centre for Petroleum and Environmental Organic Geochemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 6001 WA
关键词
HOPANES; DIAHOPANE; NORNEOHOPANES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; BARROW SUBBASIN; PETROLEUM BIOMARKERS;
D O I
10.1016/0146-6380(92)90089-G
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Three crude oils from the Barrow Sub-basin of Western Australia have been analysed for hopanoid biomarkers using GC-MS techniques. Enhanced abundances of nordiahopane and diahopane and nomeohopane relative to hopanes have been observed in the most severely biodegraded sample. These differences have been attributed to the greater resistance of the diahopanes and norneohopane to microbial degradation.
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