Hydrocarbons of Biological Origin from a One-Billion-Year-Old Sediment

17 July 1964

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 145 (3629) , 263-264
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.145.3629.263

Abstract

The isoprenoid hydrocarbons, phytane (C₂₀H₄₂) and pristane (C₁₉H₄₀), are present in the oil seeping from the Precambrian Nonesuch formation at the White Pine Mine, Michigan. Gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry provide the isolation and identification procedures.

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