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Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Pre-Cambrian Rocks

Authors :
D. W. Nooner
J. Oró
Source :
Nature. 213:1082-1085
Publication Year :
1967
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1967.

Abstract

Analyses of sedimentary rocks from the Pre-Cambrian of South Africa show that they contain a variety of alkanes. Were these hydrocarbons incorporated into the sediments at the time of sedimentary deposition, and are they biogenic in origin ?

Details

ISSN :
14764687 and 00280836
Volume :
213
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........26cd6a0390e00e776c95423f933e8d0a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/2131082a0