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Organic Geochemistry as an interdisciplinary scientific field is methodologically based on organic analyses. Corresponding geoscientific problems are tried to be solved by analyzing organic substances in matrices from the geosphere, e.g. water, soil, rocks, air and to some extent also biota. Main intention is to obtain both qualitative and quantitative information on the composition of the organic matter. Or in general parlance: Which organic substance and how much of it appear in a certain geological or environmental sample?
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Schwarzbauer, J., Jovančićević, B. (2020). Introductory Aspects. In: Introduction to Analytical Methods in Organic Geochemistry. Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38592-7_1
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