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The alkanes/alkenes from the Clarkia sediments and fossils were analysed by GC, GC/MS and irm-GC/MS. The results indicate that the sediment has an extremely low thermal maturity and the Sycamore fossil analysed still preserves a distinctive n-alkane distribution comparing with the surrounding sediments. The presence of isotopically depleted hopenes suggests input from methanotrophic bacteria and hence the presence of an active methane cycle.
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Huang, Y., Lockheart, M.J., Collister, J.W., Eglinton, G. (1995). Carbon-Isotopic Compositions of Individual Alkanes/Alkenes in Leaf Fossils and Sediments from the P-33 Site of the Miocene Clarkia Deposit. In: Snape, C. (eds) Composition, Geochemistry and Conversion of Oil Shales. NATO ASI Series, vol 455. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0317-6_28
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