N-Alkanes in "Them Thar Hills"

Authors

  • Raymond A. Hartman Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University
  • Susan Jane Scott
  • Bonita Rae Zastoupil
  • Evan T. Jones
  • Stephen D. Riner
  • John Alexander Adams Jr.
  • Lyle J. Sears
  • Edward W. Anacker Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University

Keywords:

normal alkanes, carbons, limestones, Mississippian Lodgepole formation, Bridger Range, Montana, chromatography, mass spectrometry

Abstract

Normal alkanes containing from 8 to 37 carbons were found in 300-million-year-old limestone taken from the Mississippian Lodgepole formation in the Bridger Range of southcentral Montana. Normal alkanes were also detected in younger limestones from the same range. The predominance of odd to even carbon numbers that is often observed in sediments was not found.

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Published

2024-02-03

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (1995)

Section

Physical Sciences [Articles]