"Organic geochemistry is the study of the impacts and processes that organisms have had on the Earth."
The study of the distribution and fate of organic compounds in sedimentary environments and the impact of oil and gas exploration.
Organic Matter: Understanding the different types of organic matter, such as kerogen, bitumen, and petroleum, and how they form and evolve.
Elemental Analysis: Basic concepts of elemental analysis, including conversions, accuracy, and precision, and their application in organic geochemistry.
Biomarkers: Identifying and utilizing organic biomarkers, such as hopanes, steranes, and terpenoids, to characterize the source, depositional environment, and maturity of sedimentary rocks.
Isotopes: Stable isotopes and their analytical techniques, including δ13C and δ15N analysis, and how these techniques are used to understand organic matter cycling and nutrient cycling.
Petroleum Generation: The process of petroleum generation and migration from the source rocks to the reservoirs, as well as the factors affecting the generation and accumulation of petroleum.
Sedimentary Environments: The different types of sedimentary environments, such as marine, lacustrine, and terrestrial, and the influence of these environments on the formation and preservation of organic matter.
Diagenesis: The physical and chemical changes that occur during burial and diagenesis of organic matter, including thermal maturation, compaction, and chemical alteration.
Paleoclimate: Reconstructing ancient environments and climates from organic geochemical data, including organic biomarkers and isotopes.
Environmental Geochemistry: Using organic geochemistry to address environmental problems, such as contamination and remediation, and the interaction between organic matter and the environment.
Organic Geochemistry Techniques: Analytical techniques commonly used in organic geochemistry, such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), pyrolysis, and Rock-Eval pyrolysis.
Petroleum geochemistry: Study of chemical and physical properties of petroleum, its formation, and its occurrence.
Biogeochemistry: Study of the biological and chemical processes affecting the elements and compounds in the Earth's biosphere.
Environmental geochemistry: Study of the relationship between human activity and the distribution and behavior of chemical elements in the environment.
Sediment geochemistry: Study of the chemical and physical properties of sediment and the processes that affect it.
Organic matter diagenesis: Study of the processes that transform organic material into organic matter under geological conditions.
Paleoclimatology: Study of the history of climate change based on the analysis of ancient organic materials.
Astrobiology: Study of the chemical and biological processes in space and their relevance to the origin and evolution of life.
Isotope geochemistry: Study of the isotopic composition of elements and compounds in rocks and minerals, used to understand their sources and processes.
Organic geochemistry of coal: Study of the composition, formation, and occurrence of coal.
Hydrogeochemistry: Study of the chemistry of groundwater and its interactions with surface water, soil, and rocks.
"It is mainly concerned with the composition and mode of origin of organic matter in rocks and in bodies of water."
"Alfred E. Treibs is considered 'the father of organic geochemistry.'"
"Treibs first isolated metalloporphyrins from petroleum."
"This discovery established the biological origin of petroleum, which was previously poorly understood."
"Metalloporphyrins in general are highly stable organic compounds."
"The detailed structures of the extracted derivatives made clear that they originated from chlorophyll."
"Treibs' work revealed that metalloporphyrins originated from chlorophyll."
"Treibs' discovery of metalloporphyrins from petroleum clarified the biological origin of petroleum."
"The biological origin of petroleum was previously poorly understood."
"Treibs first isolated metalloporphyrins from petroleum."
"Metalloporphyrins in general are highly stable organic compounds."
"Treibs' discovery established the biological origin of petroleum and advanced the field of organic geochemistry."
"Organic geochemistry is the study of the impacts and processes that organisms have had on the Earth."
"Organic geochemistry is mainly concerned with the composition and mode of origin of organic matter in rocks and in bodies of water."
"Treibs is considered 'the father of organic geochemistry' due to his crucial contributions to the field."
"The detailed structures of the extracted derivatives made clear that they originated from chlorophyll."
"The origin of petroleum was previously poorly understood."
"Treibs established the biological origin of petroleum, providing a clearer understanding of its composition and mode of origin."
"Metalloporphyrins in general are highly stable organic compounds, making them important for studying the composition of organic matter in rocks and bodies of water."