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Number 1 Editorial Editorial Editorial Steve Rowland, Chris Rockey, Incorporation of sulphur into phytol derivatives Sultan S. Al-Lihaibi and during simulated early diagenesis George A. Wolff John K. Volkman, Stephanie M. Barrett, 7 Geochemical significance of the occurrence of Graeme A. Dunstan and S. W. Jeffrey dinosterol and other 4-methyl sterols in a marine diatom H.-R. Schulten and M. Schnitzer Temperature-resolved in-source pyrolysis—soft ionization mass spectrometry of soil humic acids Hao Fang, Chen Jianyu, Application of organic facies studies to sedimentary Sun Yongchuan and Liu Yaozong basin analysis: a case study from the Yitong Graben, China William M. Sackett Carbon isotope exchange between methane and amorphous carbon at 700°C Philip A. Meyers and Brian J. Eadie Sources, degradation and recycling of organic matter associated with sinking particles in Lake Michigan O. Cvetkovic, V. Dragutinovic, Evidence of stable kerogen composition during M. M. Vrvic, J. A. Curiale, bacterial depyritization of an oil shale M. Ercegovac and D. Vitorovic B. Jovanéiéevic, D. Vuéeli¢, M. Saban, Investigation of the catalytic effects of indigenous H. Wehner and D. Vitorovic minerals in the pyrolysis of Aleksinac oil shale substrates: steranes, triterpanes and triaromatic steroids in the pyrolysates Roger Sassen, Harry H. Roberts, Chemosynthetic bacterial mats at cold hydrocarbon Paul Aharon, John Larkin, seeps, Gulf of Mexico continental slope Elizabeth W. Chinn and Robert Carney J. B. Thomas, J. Marshall, Dinosteranes (4,23,24-trimethylsteranes) and other A. L. Mann, R. E. Summons biological markers in dinoflagellate-rich marine and J. R. Maxwell sediments of Rhaetian age Short Note Ben G. K. van Aarssen and Comment on “Extraction and methylation of Jan W. de Leeuw Latrobe Valley resinites” by M. A. Wilson, J. V. Hanna, P. A. Cole-Clarke, G. D. Willett and P. F. Greenwood EAOG Newsletter Vv Book Reviews Kenneth E. Peters “Biological Markers in Sediments and Petroleum” edited by J. Michael Moldowan, Pierre Albrecht and R. Paul Philp James C. Hower and Glenn P. Gibian “Coal Production Prospects in the European Community” by Martin Daniel and Eric Jamieson Russell G. Kerr “Natural Products—A Laboratory Guide” by Raphael Ikan Announcements Number 2 COLLECTED PAPERS FROM THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR ORGANIC PETROLOGY James C. Hower and Susan M. Rimmer Vv Introduction Thomas Demchuk and 119 Palynofloral and organic characteristics of a Timothy A. Moore Miocene bog-forest, Kalimantan, Indonesia Thomas Demchuk, 135 Organic petrology of an early Paleocene coal zone, Alexander R. Cameron and Wabamun, Alberta: palynology, petrography and L. V. Hills geochemistry Brenda S. Pierce, Ronald W. Stanton Comparison of the petrography, palynology and and Cortland F. Eble paleobotany of the Stockton coal bed, West Virginia and implications for paleoenvironmental interpretations James C. Hower, Robert A. Keogh, Petrography of liquefaction residues: semifusinite Darrell N. Taulbee and concentrates from a Peach Orchard coal lithotype, Robert F. Rathbone Magoffin County, Kentucky Robert F. Rathbone and Alan Davis The effects of depositional environment on vitrinite fluorescence intensity David W. Houseknecht, Rotational reflectance properties of Arkoma Basin David F. Bensley, Lori A. Hathon dispersed vitrinite: insights for understanding reflec- and Paul H. Kastens tance populations in high thermal maturity regions Mary Ann L. Malinconico Reflectance cross-plot analysis of graptolites from the anchi-metamorphic region of northern Maine, U.S.A. Richard B. Winston Reassessment of the evidence for primary fusinite and degradofusinite VI John B. Gerlach and Former Carboniferous overburden in the northern Karen Rose Cercone Appalachian Basin: a reconstruction based on vitrinite reflectance Leslie F. Ruppert and Differentiation of volcanic ash-fall and water-borne Timothy A. Moore detrital layers in the Eocene Senakin coal bed, Tanjung Formation, Indonesia Thomas L. Robl and Burtron H. Davis Comparison of the HF-HCl and HF-BF, macer- ation techniques and the chemistry of resultant organic concentrates Ilham Demir, Richard D. Harvey and SEM-EDX and isotope characterization of the Keith C. Hackley organic sulfur in macerals and chars in Illinois Basin coals Shareen R. Yawanarajah, Organic geochemistry of Permian organic-rich sedi- Michael A. Kruge, Maria Mastalerz ments from the Sudetes area, SW Poland and Wojciech Sliwinski Yalan Tang Secondary macropores and mosaic structure in a telemagmatic metamorphosed coal and their significance in exploration for natural gas, Henan, China Grzegorz J. Nowak Lithotype variation and petrography of coal seams from the Zacler formation (Westphalian) in the Intrasudetic Basin, southwestern Poland M. Mastalerz, K. R. Wilks, The effect of temperature, pressure and strain R. M. Bustin and J. V. Ross on carbonization in high-volatile bituminous and anthracitic coals Number 3 iii Publisher’s Note Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and 327 Identification of a novel C,; highly branched W. I. C. Rijpstra isoprenoid thiophene in sediments Padmanabhan Sundararaman and 333 Depositional environment, thermal maturity and Jeremy E. Dahl irradiation effects on porphyrin distribution: Alum Shale, Sweden Francis P. Miknis, Zun S. Jiao, Solid-state NMR characterization of Mowry shale Donald B. MacGowan and from the Powder River Basin Ronald C. Surdam Janet Dehmer Petrology and organic geochemistry of peat samples from a raised bog in Kalimantan (Borneo) Keijo Lehtonen and Martti Ketola Solvent-extractable lipids of Sphagnum, Carex, Bryales and Carex—Bryales peats: content and compositional features vs peat humification VII Chao Yang and Reinhard Hesse Diagenesis and anchimetamorphism in an overthrust belt, external domain of the Taconian Orogen, southern Canadian Appalachians—II. Paleo- geothermal gradients derived from maturation of different types of organic matter C. Bender Koch and F. G. Christiansen 405 Maturation of Lower Palaeozoic kerogens from North Greenland V. Hauke, R. Graff, P. Wehrung, 415 Rearranged des-E-hapanoid hydrocarbons in sedi- G. Hussler, J. M. Trendel, P. Albrecht, ments and petroleum A. Riva and J. Connan Number 4 M. Alberdi and E. Lafargue — 425 Vertical variations of organic matter content in Guayuta Group (upper Cretaceous), Interior Mountain Belt, Eastern Venezuela Leon I. P. Dzou and Geochemistry of oils and condensates, K Field, William B. Hughes offshore Taiwan: a case study in migration fractionation M. I. Venkatesan, K. Ohta, S. A. Stout, 463 Diagenetic trends of lignin phenols in Mahakam S. Steinberg and J. L. Oudin Delta coals: correlation between laboratory thermal maturation and natural samples G. Eric Michael, Donald E. Anders Geochemical evaluation of Upper Cretaceous and Ben E. Law Fruitland Formation coals, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado Fan Pu, Zhang Baisheng, Petroleum geochemistry of the Talimu Basin Wang Youxiao and Ying Guangguo Ulrich Ritter, Kaare Aareskjold Distributed activation energy models of isomer- and Liv Schou isation reactions from hydrous pyrolysis Announcements Forthcoming Papers Number 5 J. Graham Rankin and 521 Fingerprinting petroporphyrin structures with Roman S. Czernuszewicz vibrational spectroscopy: resonance Raman spectra of nickel and vanadyl etioporphyrins I and III M. J. Pearson and Mahaboob Alam 539 Bicadinanes and other terrestrial terpenoids in immature Oligocene sedimentary rocks and a re- lated oil from the Surma Basin, N.E. Bangladesh M. Mastalerz, K. R. Wilks and Variation in vitrinite chemistry as a function of R. M. Bustin associated liptinite content; a microprobe and FT-i.r. investigation Vill Elizabeth A. Canuel and Seasonal variations in the sources and alteration of Christopher S. Martens organic matter associated with recently-deposited sediments Greg Ewbank, David A. C. Manning An organic geochemical study of bitumens and their and Geoff D. Abbott potential source rocks from the South Pennine Orefield, Central England Michael A. Wilson, Ian M. Godfrey, The degradation of wood in old Indian Ocean John V. Hanna, Robinson A. Quezada shipwrecks and Kim S. Finnie Note Claude Largeau and Sylvie Derenne Relative efficiency of the selective Preservation and Degradation Recondensation pathways in kerogen formation. Source and environment influence on their contributions to type I and II kerogens Book Review Raphael Ikan “The Biomarker Guide” by Kenneth E. Peters and J. Michael Moldowan Announcements Forthcoming Papers Number 6 COLLECTED PAPERS FROM THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR ORGANIC PETROLOGY Scott A. Stout and James C. Hower v Introduction James C. Hower, Jeffrey R. Levine, 619 Appalachian anthracites James W. Skehan, S. J., Eric J. Daniels, Sharon E. Lewis, Alan Davis, Ralph J. Gray and Stephen P. Altaner Charles E. Barker and An empirical determination of the minimum number Mark J. Pawlewicz of measurements needed to estimate the mean random vitrinite reflectance of disseminated organic matter Correction criteria for the suppression of vitrinite reflectance in hydrogen-rich kerogens: preliminary guidelines Harry Veld, Willem J. J. Fermont Organic petrological characterization of West- and Leo F. Jegers phalian coals from The Netherlands: correlation between Tmax, vitrinite reflectance and hydrogen index Zhiwen Han, John C. Crelling Fluorescence intensity and alteration of coal and Yi Zhou macerals and their relation to coalification IX Jin Kuili and Qiu Nansheng Application of laser-induced fluorescence of coal extracts for determining rank Rui Lin and G. Patrick Ritz Studying individual macerals using i.r. micro- spectroscopy, and implications on oil versus gas/condensate proneness and ‘“low-rank” generation L. D. Stasiuk, B. D. Kybett and Reflected light microscopy and micro-FTIR of S. L. Bend Upper Ordovician Gloeocapsomorpha prisca alginite in relation to paleoenvironment and petroleum generation, Saskatchewan, Canada Etuan Zhang, Patrick G. Hatcher Chemical composition of pseudo-phlobaphinite and Alan Davis precursors: implications for the presence of aliphatic biopolymers in vitrinite from coal Susan M. Rimmer, D. J. Cantrell Rock-Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance trends and Patrick J. Gooding in the Cleveland Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, eastern Kentucky Petra David and Willem J. J. Fermont Application of colour image analysis in coal petrology K. C. Pratt The use of composite and mosaic imaging of polished surfaces to enhance petrographic analysis of coal by image analysis T. A. Moore and K. M. Swanson Application of etching and SEM in the identification of fossil plant tissues in coal C. G. Thomas, M. E. Gosnell, The behaviour of inertinite macerals under E. Gawronski, D. Phong-anant pulverised fuel (pf) combustion conditions and M. Shibaoka B. Alpern, M. J. Lemos de Sousa, Detection and evaluation of hydrocarbons in source H. J. Pinheiro and X. Zhu rocks by fluorescence microscopy Peter J. Crosdale Coal maceral ratios as indicators of environment of deposition: do they work for ombrogenous mires? An example from the Miocene of New Zealand Lingbu Kong, Frank R. Karner, Petrographic analysis of the Rosebud seam at the Steven A. Benson and Absaloka, Big Sky, and Rosebud mines, Powder Edward N. Steadman River Basin, Montana Basim S. M. Faraj and Micrinite in Southern Hemisphere sub-bituminous Ian D. R. Mackinnon and bituminous coals: redefined as fine grained kaolinite Sharon S. Crowley, Leslie F. Ruppert, Factors affecting the geochemistry of a thick, Harvey E. Belkin, Ronald W. Stanton subbituminous coal bed in the Powder River Basin: and Timothy A. Moore volcanic, detrital, and peat-forming processes R. Sykes and J. K. Lindqvist Diagenetic quartz and amorphous silica in New Zealand coals Announcements Forthcoming Papers X Number 7 Obituary Review Paper Philip A. Meyers and Ryoshi Ishiwatari 867 Lacustrine organic geochemistry—an overview of indicators of organic matter sources and diagenesis in lake sediments Stefan Schouten, Dina Pavlovic, Nickel boride: an improved desulphurizing agent Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and for sulphur-rich geomacromolecules in polar and Jan W. de Leeuw asphaltene fractions Stefan Schouten, Dina Pavlovic, Selective cleavage of acyclic sulphide moieties of Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and sulphur-rich geomacromolecules by superheated Jan W. de Leeuw methyl iodide H. Budzinski, Ph. Garrigues, M. Radke, 917 Thermodynamic calculations on alkylated phenan- J. Connan and J.-L. Oudin threnes: geochemical applications to maturity and origin of hydrocarbons M. E. C. Moers, D. M. Jones, Carbohydrate diagenesis in hypersaline environ- P. A. Eakin, A. E. Fallick, ments: application of GC-IRMS to the stable H. Griffiths and S. R. Larter isotope analysis of derivatized saccharides from surficial and buried sediments H. L. ten Haven, E. Lafargue and Oil/oil and oil/source rock correlations in the M. Kotarba Carpathian Foredeep and Overthrust, south-east Poland M. Vandenbroucke, F. Behar, Kerogen maturation in a reference kerogen Type II A. San Torcuato and J. Rullk6étter series: the Toarcian shales of the Hils syncline, NW Germany Rudolf Jaffé and Maria T. Gallardo Application of carboxylic acid biomarkers as indicators of biodegradation and migration of crude oils from the Maracaibo Basin, Western Venezuela Michael A. Wilson, John V. Hanna, 1H CRAMPS NMR derived hydrogen distributions Ken B. Anderson and Robert E. Botto in various coal macerals Jeremy Dahl, J. Michael Moldowan Relationship of biomarker distribution to deposi- and Padmanabhan Sundararaman tional environment: Phosphoria Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Anne Eva Borgund and Tanja Barth Migration behaviour of petroleum-associated short- chain organic acids Ken B. Anderson and R. E. Botto The nature and fate of natural resins in the geo- sphere—III. Re-evaluation of the structure and composition of Highgate Copalite and Glessite Extended tricyclic terpanes in sediments and S. M. B. De Grande, F. R. Aquino Neto and M. R. Mello petroleums XI A. Wilhelms, S. R. Larter and Characterization of asphaltenes by pyrolysis—field H.-R. Schulten ionization mass spectrometry—some observations M. Riederer, K. Matzke, F. Ziegler Occurrence, distribution and fate of the lipid plant and I. Kégel-Knabner biopolymers cutin and suberin in temperate forest soils Y. V. Kissin Catagenesis of light acyclic isoprenoids in petroleum Short Notes Michael A. Wilson Resinite structure. Comment on the paper by B. G. K. van Aarssen and J. W. de Leeuw Org. Geochem. 20, 105-106 (1993) J. N. Robson and S. J. Rowland Synthesis, chromatographic and spectral char- acterisation of 2,6,11,15-tetramethylhexadecane (crocetane) and 2,6,9,13-tetramethyltetradecane: reference acyclic isoprenoids for geochemical studies Padmanabhan Sundararaman and Liquid chromatography—mass_ spectrometry of Christina Vestal vanadyl porphyrins Announcements Forthcoming Papers Number 8 ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ORGANIC MATTER IN EVAPORITES: APPLICATION TO THE MULHOUSE BASIN Editorial vii Preface P. Hofmann, A. Y. Huc, B. Carpentier, 1105 Organic matter of the Mulhouse Basin, France: a P. Schaeffer, P. Albrecht, B. Keely, synthesis J. R. Maxwell, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, J. W. de Leeuw and D. Leythaeuser P. Hofmann, D. Leythaeuser Palaeoclimate controlled accumulation of organic and B. Carpentier matter in Oligocene evaporite sediments of the Mulhouse basin A. Canals, B. Carpentier, A. Y. Huc, Microanalysis of primary fluid inclusions in halite: N. Guilhaumou and M. H. Ramsey constraints for an_ evaporitic sedimentation modeling. Application to the Mulhouse Basin (France) XII B. Carpentier, A. Y. Huc, J. P. Gély Geological and geochemical modeling, an approach and M. M. Blanc-Valleron for understanding organic cyclic sedimentation in evaporitic sequences. Application to the Mulhouse Basin (France) B. J. Keely, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, A molecular stratigraphic approach to palaeo- S. E. Betts, Ling Yue, environmental assessment and the recognition of J. W. de Leeuw and J. R. Maxwell changes in source inputs in marls of the Mulhouse Basin (Alsace, France) Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Hydrocarbon biomarkers of different lithofacies of Susannah Betts, Yue Ling, the Salt IV Formation of the Mulhouse Basin, Peter M. Hofmann and France Jan W. de Leeuw Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Variations in abundances and distributions of Brendan J. Keely, Susannah E. Betts, isoprenoid chromans and long-chain alkylbenzenes Marianne Baas, James R. Maxwell in sediments of the Mulhouse Basin: a molecular and Jan W. de Leeuw sedimentary record of palaeosalinity B. J. Keely and J. R. Maxwell The Mulhouse basin: evidence from porphyrin distributions for water column anoxia during deposition of marls P. Schaeffer, F. Fache-Dany, Polar constituents of organic matter rich marls from J. M. Trendel and P. Albrecht evaporitic series of the Mulhouse basin Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste, Characterization of high-molecular-weight organic Walter A. Hartgers, Marianne Baas matter in marls of the Salt [IV Formation of the and Jan W. de Leeuw Mulhouse Basin D. J. Hollander, J. S. Sinninghe Molecular and bulk isotopic analyses of organic Damsté, J. M. Hayes, matter in marls of the Mulhouse Basin (Tertiary, J. W. de Leeuw and A. Y. Huc Alsace, France) General Papers Paul A. Comet, Janina K. Rafalska Sterane and triterpane patterns as diagnostic tools in and James M. Brooks the mapping of oils, condensates and source rocks of the Gulf of Mexico region Notes J. W. de Leeuw, H. C. Cox, Relative stabilities of sedimentary rearranged stere- M. Baas, T. M. Peakman, nes as calculated by molecular mechanics: a key to B. van de Graaf and J. M. A. Baas unravel further steroid diagenesis R. Marzi, B. E. Torkelson and A revised carbon preference index R. K. Olson Reviewers for 1992 EAOG Minutes Announcements