Distribution of organic sulphur compounds in Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of California

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1990

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Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Haven, H.L. ten
Rullkotter, J.
Leeuw, J.W. de

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Abstract

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data of the "aromatic hydrocarbon" fractions of nearly 100 Deep Sea Drilling Project and Ocean Drilling Program sediment samples have been re-examined for the occurrence of organic sulfur compounds. Approximately 70% of the samples contain OSC with varying distribution patterns, although C₂₀ isoprenoid thiopenes are invariably present.

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organic sulfur compounds, organic sulphur compounds, isoprenoid thiopenes, sediments, gas chromatography

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