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dc.contributor.authorAsif, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Robert
dc.contributor.authorFazeelat, T.
dc.contributor.authorGrice, Kliti
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:03:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:03:59Z
dc.date.created2011-02-20T20:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationAsif, Muhammad and Alexander, Robert and Fazeelat, Tahira and Grice, Kliti. 2010. Sedimentary processes for the geosynthesis of heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fluorenes by surface reactions. Organic Geochemistry. 41 (5): pp. 522-530.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37535
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.12.002
dc.description.abstract

Laboratory experiments have shown that activated carbon catalyses the reactions of biphenyls (BPs) with surface adsorbed reactants incorporating either S, O, N or methylene, leading to the formation of some common constituents reported in sedimentary organic matter (OM) namely, dibenzothiophene (DBT), dibenzofuran (DBF), carbazole (C) and fluorene (F). A relationship between the % abundance of the hetero element in the kerogen and the abundance of the related heterocyclic compound in the associated soluble OM supports the hypothesis that these reactions occur in Nature. More specific supporting evidence was obtained from the good relationship observed between methyl and dimethyl isomers of the reactant BPs and the methyl and dimethyl isomers of the proposed heterocyclic products.It is suggested that these aromatic compound distributions reported in sediments and crude oils from the Upper Indus Basin (Pakistan) and the Carnarvon Basin (NW Australia) are the result of a surface reactions of compounds with BP rings and surface adsorbed species of the hetero element on the surface of carbonaceous material

dc.publisherElsevier Science
dc.subjectFacies
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectEnvironments
dc.subjectIndicators
dc.subjectCoals
dc.subjectMaturity
dc.subjectAlberta
dc.subjectCarbazole Distributions
dc.subjectCrude Oils
dc.subjectPetroleum Source Rocks
dc.titleSedimentary processes for the geosynthesis of heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fluorenes by surface reactions
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume41
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage522
dcterms.source.endPage530
dcterms.source.issn01466380
dcterms.source.titleOrganic Geochemistry
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Chemistry
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