Genesis of Hydrocarbons of Low Molecular Weight in Organic-Rich Aquatic Systems
- 30 August 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3583) , 806-807
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3583.806
Abstract
Mild heat treatment of water-wet marine muds resulted in the genesis of three aromatic hydrocarbons characteristic of crude oils, but which are seldom found in significant quantities in recent sediments. Whereas part of the toluene and xylenes may have stemmed from carotenoid pigments, the source of the benzene as well as the larger amount of the toluene and xylene is as yet unknown.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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