The Biomarker Guide: Volume 1, Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History

The first part of an all-inclusive two volume reference on biological markers in petroleum geochemistry, environmental science and archaeology.

K. E. Peters (Author), C. C. Walters (Author), J. M. Moldowan (Author)

9780521786973, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 August 2007

492 pages, 280 b/w illus. 20 tables
24.5 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.88 kg

Praise for the first edition: 'The book is a must for any geological research library, and certainly a necessary reference for petroleum research.' William D. Bischoff, Carbonates and Evaporites

The second edition of The Biomarker Guide is a fully updated and expanded version of this essential reference. Now in two volumes, it provides a comprehensive account of the role that biomarker technology plays both in petroleum exploration and in understanding Earth history and processes. Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History details the origins of biomarkers and introduces basic chemical principles relevant to their study. It discusses analytical techniques, and applications of biomarkers to environmental and archaeological problems. The Biomarker Guide is an invaluable resource for geologists, petroleum geochemists, biogeochemists, environmental scientists and archaeologists.

About the authors
Preface
Purpose
Acknowledgements
Part I. Biomarkers and Isotopes in the Environment and Human History: 1. Origin and preservation of organic matter
2. Organic chemistry
3. Biochemistry of biomarkers
4. Geochemical screening
5. Refinery oil assays
6. Stable isotope ratios
7. Ancillary geochemical methods
8. Biomarker separation and analysis
9. Origin of petroleum
10. Biomarkers in the environment
11. Biomarkers in archaeology
Appendix: geologic time charts
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Stratigraphy [RBGH], Biochemistry [PSB]