COMPOSITION OF THE EXTRACT FROM A CARBONIFEROUS BITUMINOUS COAL .2. COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSES

Authors
SIMONEIT BRT SCHOELL M STEFANOVA M STOJANOVA G NOSYREV IE GORANOVA M
Citation
Brt. Simoneit et al., COMPOSITION OF THE EXTRACT FROM A CARBONIFEROUS BITUMINOUS COAL .2. COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSES, Fuel, 74(8), 1995, pp. 1194-1199
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Fuel → ACNP
ISSN journal
00162361
Volume
74
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1194 - 1199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-2361(1995)74:8<1194:COTEFA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Hydrocarbon subfractions of a Carboniferous bituminous coal extract we re subjected to compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA). The carbon isotope compositions of individual n-alkanes, isoprenoids, aromatic hy drocarbons and triterpenoids were determined to provide supplementary confirmation for the biomarker sources as deduced from their molecular structures. The total bitumen extract has a delta(13)C value of - 25. 03 parts per thousand. The delta(13)C data for the biomarkers fit an o rigin from higher plants with a minor contribution from microbial acti vity.