Introduction to Organic Geochemistry
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2009
408 pages
978-1-4443-1152-5 (ISBN)
Description
An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate oforganic matter of all types, biogenic and man-made, in the EarthSystem.
* investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemicaltransformations that carbon compounds can experience over a rangeof time scales and in different environments
* scope widened to provide a broad and up-to-date background -structured to accommodate readers with varied scientificbackgrounds
* essential terminology is defined fully and boxes are used toexplain concepts introduced from other disciplines
* further study aided by the incorporation of carefully selectedliterature references
* It investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemicaltransformations that carbon compounds can experience over a rangeof time scales and in different environments.
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"The book is an excellently written , up-to-date text, introducingthe fundamental concepts in organic geochemistry withoutoverloading the reader with details. No doubt once again thisvolume will become widely used by students and other scientists inmany fields." European Journal of Soil Science "This is arguably the only undergraduate to postgraduate leveltextbook on organic geochemistry that is readily affordable forstudents . . . but any institution involved in teachingundergraduate or postgraduate organic, petroleum or generalgeochemistry should consider purchasing multiple copies for theirlibraries." Geological MagazineMore details
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Stephen D. Killops | Vanessa J. Killops
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Dr Steve Killops has been active in the field of organicgeochemistry for some 20 years, in both academic and commercialsectors. He is a former lecturer in organic geochemistry at RoyalHolloway College, London University and more recently the organicgeochemist at the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences inNew Zealand. He is currently a consultant petroleumgeochemist.
Vanessa Killops is a geologist and organic geochemist andhas worked in petroleum exploration. She has also worked in NewZealand at the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences as acontract geological scientist and in the UK on a consultancybasis.
Content
Preface.
1 Carbon, the Earth and life.
1.1 Carbon and the basic requirements of life.
1.2 Chemical elements, simple compounds and their origins.
1.3 The origin of life.
1.4 Evolution of life and the atmosphere.
1.5 Major contributors to sedimentary organic matter.
2 Chemical composition of biogenic matter.
2.1 Structure of natural products.
2.2 Carbohydrates.
2.3 Amino acids and proteins.
2.4 Lipids.
2.5 Lignins, tannins and related compounds.
2.6 Nucleotides and nucleic acids.
2.7 Geochemical implications of compositional variation.
3 Production, preservation and degradation of organicmatter.
3.1 How and why organic-rich deposits form.
3.2 Controls on primary production.
3.3 Preservation and degradation of organic matter.
3.4 Depositional environments associated with accumulation oforganic matter.
4 Long-term fate of organic matter in the geosphere.
4.1 Diagenesis.
4.2 Humic material.
4.3 Coal.
4.4 Kerogen.
4.5 Catagenesis and metagenesis.
4.6 Temporal and geographical distribution of fossil organiccarbon.
5 Chemical stratigraphy.
5.1 Biologically mediated transformations.
5.2 Examples of source indicators in recent sediments.
5.3 Diagenesis at the molecular level.
5.4 Source and environment indicators in ancient sediments andoil.
5.5 Thermal maturity and molecular transformations.
5.6 Palaeotemperature and age measurement.
5.7 Maturity of ancient sedimentary organic matter.
5.8 Isotopic palaeontology.
6 The carbon cycle and climate.
6.1 Global carbon cycle.
6.2 Changes in carbon reservoirs over geological time.
6.3 Palaeoclimatic variations.
6.4 Isotopic excursions at period boundaries.
6.5 Human influence on the carbon cycle.
7 Anthropogenic carbon and the environment.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Halocarbons.
7.3 Hydrocarbon pollution in aquatic environments.
7.4 Endocrine disrupting chemicals.
7.5 Environmental behaviour of selected xenobioticcompounds.
7.6 Factors affecting the rate of anthropogenic components.
Appendix 1: SI units used.
Appendix 2: SI unit prefixes.
Appendix 3: Geological timescale.
References.
Index.
