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Organic geochemical indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions of sedimentation

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Our increasing knowledge of the geochemical processes of present-day sedimentation conditions provides a basis for evaluating the role of oxic and anoxic sedimentary environments. In particular, there are organic geochemical parameters, such as lipid composition, sulphur and organic pigments, which link Recent sediments with their geologically older counterparts, and these may therefore be used to assign the depositional palaeoenvironments of ancient sediments and petroleums.

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