Nature 311, 745–748 (1984). As discovered only recently, the squalane product which we used as internal standard for quantitation of the gas chromatography data was contaminated by 5.4% pristane. Therefore, the data based on pristane concentrations shown in Figs 2 and 3, respectively, are in error. Values were corrected accordingly and selected rock samples re-analysed for verification.
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Leythaeuser, D., Radke, M. & Schaefer, R. Efficiency of petroleum expulsion from shale source rocks. Nature 319, 427 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/319427b0
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