ADVANCES IN ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

By F. NAVIS

CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS REFERENCES SAMPLING SAMPLING TYPE AND TECHNIQUES FOSSIL MATTER ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES SAMPLE STRATEGIES SAMPLE TREATMENT SAMPLE STORAGE AND PRE-PREPARATION EXTRACTION PRINCIPLES OF EXTRACTION EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES FRACTIONATION PRINCIPLES OF CHROMATOGRAPHY FRACTIONATION BY LOW-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS HIGH PERFORMANCE CHROMATOGRAPHY: GC, HPLC GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY GC HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY HPLC MASS SPECTROMETRY MS PRINCIPALS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY MASS SPECTRA STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY SPECTROSCOPY PRINCIPLES OF SPECTROSCOPY UV/VIS SPECTROSCOPY IR AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSES OF MACROMOLECULAR MATTER: PYROLYSIS AND CHEMICAL DEGRADATION ANALYTICAL PYROLYSIS BULK PYROLYSIS CHEMICAL DEGRADATION GC/MS DATA EVALUATION IDENTI?CATION SHORT COURSE OF MASS SPECTRA INTERPRETATION AND GC/MS BASED IDENTI?CATION ION CHROMATOGRAMS AS A KEY FEATURE FOR IN DEPTH EXAMINATION COMMON ROUTINE IN GC/MS BASED IDENTI?CATION QUANTITATION ANALYTICAL QUALITY CONTROL PRINCIPAL ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES IN ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY ANALYSES OF FOSSIL MATTER ANALYSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES