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Chemical composition and palaeobotanical origin of Miocene resins from Kerala-Konkan Coast, western India

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Title Chemical composition and palaeobotanical origin of Miocene resins from Kerala-Konkan Coast, western India
 
Creator DUTTA, S
MALLICK, M
MATHEWS, RP
MANN, U
GREENWOOD, PF
SAXENA, R
 
Subject extant dammar resins
crude oils
gas-chromatography
surma basin
bicadinanes
fossil
biomarker
bangladesh
biopolymer
cadinene
fossil resin
miocene
western india
sesquiterpenoids
geochemistry
geology
biogeosciences
 
Description The terpenoid composition of resins from the Miocene lignite horizons from the Kerala-Konkan Coast, western India was analyzed by Curie-point pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Cupy-GC-MS). The major pyrolysates were cadalene-based bicyclic sesquiterpenoids including some C(30)-C(31) bicadinenes and bicadinanes typical of dammar resin from angiosperm plants of Dipterocarpaceae family. These plants are typically supported by tropical climates which the western Indian region was known to have experienced during early Tertiary period. The present study suggests that these palaeoclimatic conditions persisted until at least the Miocene epoch. These sesquiterpenoids which are commonly detected in many SE Asian crude oils may be utilised as useful biomarkers for petroleum exploration in the western Indian region.
 
Publisher INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
 
Date 2011-08-01T21:19:55Z
2011-12-26T12:53:30Z
2011-12-27T05:39:42Z
2011-08-01T21:19:55Z
2011-12-26T12:53:30Z
2011-12-27T05:39:42Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE, 119(5), 711-716
0253-4126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12040-010-0041-6
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/8548
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/8548
 
Language en