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Journal Article 

Geochemical characteristics of aromatic-hydrocarbons of crude oils and source rocks from different sedimentary environments 

Fan, P; Philp, RP; Li, ZX; Ying, GG 

1990 

1 

Organic Geochemistry
ISSN: 0146-6380 

16 

1-3 

427-435 

English 

10.1016/0146-6380(90)90059-9 

WOS:A1990ER03900045 

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The aromatic hydrocarbons from a significant number of oils and source rocks of different source materials and depositional environments have been analysed by GC and GC-MS. Variations in the distributions of the naphthalenes, phenanthrenes, fluorenes, dibenzofurans, dibenzothiophenes, naphthobenzothiophenes and triaromatic steroid hydrocarbons can be used to differentiate samples on the basis of whether they are derived from marine or terrestrial source materials. Furthermore the nature of the depositional environments in terms of salinity or carbonate vs shale can be distinguished on the basis of variations in the distributions of these compounds and the relative proportions of individual components within the total aromatic hydrocarbon fraction. 

aromatic hydrocarbons; sedimentary environment; naphthalene; phenanthrene; naphthobenzothiophene; fluorene; dibenzofuran; dibenzothiophene; triaomatic steroids 

14th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1989: Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration 

Paris, France 

September 18-22, 1989