Introduction to Organic Geochemistry: Edition 2

Stephen D. Killops · Vanessa J. Killops

квіт. 2013 р. · Продавець: John Wiley & Sons

Про цю електронну книгу

An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types, biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System.

• investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemical transformations that carbon compounds can experience over a range of time scales and in different environments
  
• scope widened to provide a broad and up-to-date background - structured to accommodate readers with varied scientific backgrounds
  
• essential terminology is defined fully and boxes are used to explain concepts introduced from other disciplines
  
• further study aided by the incorporation of carefully selected literature references
  
• It investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemical transformations that carbon compounds can experience over a range of time scales and in different environments.

Про автора

Dr Steve Killops has been active in the field of organic geochemistry for some 20 years, in both academic and commercial sectors. He is a former lecturer in organic geochemistry at Royal Holloway College, London University and more recently the organic geochemist at the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences in New Zealand. He is currently a consultant petroleum geochemist.

Vanessa Killops is a geologist and organic geochemist and has worked in petroleum exploration. She has also worked in New Zealand at the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences as a contract geological scientist and in the UK on a consultancy basis.