%0 Journal Article
%T Preserved precursors in Pumpherston shale kerogen revealed by oxidative degradation
%A S. BAJC
%A A. AMBLES
%A D. VITOROVIC
%J Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
%D 2004
%I Serbian Chemical Society
%X An optimised stepwise alkaline permanganate degradation was shown to have potentials in elucidating the genesis pathway and the origin of kerogens, and, more specifically, to reveal preserved precursors in a kerogen matrix. Thus, Pumpherston shale kerogen, used as the substrate in this study, was found to be of mixed origin, i.e., to contain both inherited resistant algal structures (B. braunii A and B algaenans), as well as resistant biomacromolecular components of continental flora (cutans). It is suggested that this kerogen or parts of it were formed by the selective preservation pathway.
%K kerogen
%K Pumpherston shale
%K oxidative degradation
%K preserved precursors
%U http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol69/No11/V69-No11-12.pdf