A postulated role of fatty acids in petroleum formation
Abstract
Distributions of n-paraffins in recent sediments differ from those in petroleum in that n-paraffins with odd-carbon numbers predominate in recent sediments but not in petroleum. A hypothesis proposed to explain this difference predicts a change from a preference for evencarbon-numbered fatty acids in recent sediments to no preference in petroleum reservoir waters. Studies of fatty acid distributions support this prediction and provide evidence for a relationship between fatty acid and n-paraffin distributions.
- Publication:
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Pub Date:
- November 1963
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0016-7037(63)90093-0
- Bibcode:
- 1963GeCoA..27.1113C