From Biomolecules to Chemofossils

• Main Authors: Schwarzbauer, Jan (Author), Jovančićević, Branimir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry,
• Subjects: Environment.; Geochemistry.; Geobiology.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental Chemistry.; Biogeosciences.

This second volume in the series 'Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry' focusses on molecular chemical aspects introducing the structural diversity of natural products, their fate in the sedimentary systems and the consequences of the corresponding alterations for geoscientific questions....

Table of Contents:

• 1. Molecular aspects of production and degradation of natural organic matter in the geosphere
• 2. The biomarker approach
• 3. Isoprenoids
• 4. Polyketides
• 5. Pigments
• 6. Macromolecules.