Geochemistry

What is the chemical composition of the Earth’s interior? Because it is impossible to drill more than about ten kilometres deep into the Earth, volcanic rocks formed by melting Earth’s deep interior often provide such information. Geochemists at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Amsterdam (N more

For the first time it is possible to measure, simultaneously and with extreme precision, four rare molecular variants of carbon dioxide (CO2) using a novel laser instrument. It is thus able to measure the temperature during the formation of CO2-binding carbonates and carbonaceous fossils completely more

Like iron flowing through the blood stream, iron minerals course through the ground. These minerals are used to make steel and other metal alloys used in everything from cell phone components and cars to buildings, industrial equipment and infrastructure. Unfortunately, when exposed to oxygen and mo more

Publication date: Available online 30 June 2018 Source:Organic Geochemistry Author(s): Nicole J. Bale, Ellen C. Hopmans, Denise Dorhout, Lucas J. Stal, Michele Grego, Judith van Bleijswijk, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten Previous studies have shown that heterocyst gl more

Publication date: Available online 28 June 2018 Source:Organic Geochemistry more

Publication date: September 2018 Source:Organic Geochemistry, Volume 123 Author(s): Weimin Liu, Yuhong Liao, Yinhua Pan, Bin Jiang, Qing Zeng, Quan Shi, Chang Samuel Hsu Achieving an understanding of the biodegradation of organic sulfur compound(s) (OSC) in crude oils has been ha more

Gérard Hopfgartner, studied chemistry at the University of Geneva and received his Ph.D. degree in 1991 in the field of organic geochemistry and mass spectrometry. He pursued his formation as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University in the domain of LC-MS/MS atmospheric pressure ionization. Then more