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Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Diversity, Origin, Chemistry and Fate

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Editors:
  1. Heinz Wilkes

    1. ICBM, Inst Chemistry, Biology Marine Env, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg ICBM, Inst Chemistry, Biology Marine Env, Oldenburg, Germany

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  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the structural diversity and properties of hydrocarbons and lipids
  • Explores the origin and fate in nature of hydrocarbons and lipids
  • Discusses the environmental context both from the bio- as well as the geoscience perspective

Part of the book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (HHLM)

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Table of contents (31 entries)

  1. Abiotic Transformation of Unsaturated Lipids and Hydrocarbons in Senescent Phytoplanktonic Cells

    • Jean-François Rontani

  2. Biosynthesis of the Plant Cuticle

    • Jérôme Joubès, Frédéric Domergue

  3. Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere

    • Ralf Koppmann

  4. Composition and Properties of Petroleum

    • R. Paul Philp

  5. Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Pheromones of Arthropods

    • Gary J. Blomquist, Claus Tittiger, Russell Jurenka

  6. Environmental and Economic Implications of the Biogeochemistry of Oil Sands Bitumens

    • H. Huang, R. C. Silva, J. R. Radović, S. R. Larter

  7. Factors Controlling Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Fractionation During Biosynthesis of Lipids by Phototrophic Organisms

    • Nikolai Pedentchouk, Youping Zhou

  8. Formation of Organic-Rich Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

    • Ralf Littke, Laura Zieger

  9. Gas Hydrates as an Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resource

    • Klaus Wallmann, Judith M. Schicks

  10. Gas Hydrates: Formation, Structures, and Properties

    • Judith Maria Schicks

  11. Geological, Geochemical, and Microbial Factors Affecting Coalbed Methane

    • Curtis Evans, Karen Budwill, Michael Whiticar

  12. History of Life from the Hydrocarbon Fossil Record

    • Clifford C. Walters, Kenneth E. Peters, J. Michael Moldowan

  13. Hydrocarbons and Lipids: An Introduction to Structure, Physicochemical Properties, and Natural Occurrence

    • Heinz Wilkes, René Jarling, Jan Schwarzbauer

  14. Hydrothermal Petroleum

    • Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  15. Introduction to Oil Chemistry and Properties Related to Oil Spills

    • Merv Fingas

  16. Lessons from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Accident in the Gulf of Mexico

    • Terry C. Hazen

  17. Lipidomic Analysis of Lower Organisms

    • Tomáš Řezanka, Irena Kolouchová, Lucia Gharwalová, Andrea Palyzová, Karel Sigler

  18. Lipids of Geochemical Interest in Microalgae

    • John K. Volkman

  19. Marine Cold Seeps: Background and Recent Advances

    • Erwin Suess

  20. Methane Carbon Cycling in the Past: Insights from Hydrocarbon and Lipid Biomarkers

    • Volker Thiel
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This book describes the structural features and properties of important types of hydrocarbons and lipids and gives an overview of their analytical characterization in biological and environmental matrices. It covers the occurrence, biosynthesis and biological functions of these compound types in diverse organisms including bacteria and archaea, algae, higher plants and arthropods. It examines their distribution in the geosphere and fundamental processes controlling the fate of fossil organic matter. Finally, it addresses important aspects of their environmental chemistry and transfer processes between different compartments of bio- and geosphere.
Hydrocarbons and lipids comprise extremely diverse organic compounds that play fundamental roles in biosphere and geosphere. They represent important functional components in all living organisms and constitute a major fraction of fossil organic matter in sedimentary systems.
All chapters are written by renowned experts in the respective fields.



Editors and Affiliations

  • ICBM, Inst Chemistry, Biology Marine Env, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg ICBM, Inst Chemistry, Biology Marine Env, Oldenburg, Germany

    Heinz Wilkes

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Heinz Wilkes studied chemistry at the University of Hamburg. During his PhD he investigated the bacterial degradation of dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and other aromatic compounds. He was a research scientist at the Institute of Petroleum and Organic Geochemistry of the Research Centre Jülich and in the Organic Geochemistry Section of the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. Since 2015 he is a Professor for Organic Geochemistry at the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg in the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms of biogeochemical key reactions and metabolic pathways in microorganisms, the origin, fate and transformation of hydrocarbons and petroleum in the environment and in the geosphere, and the reconstruction of past environments and climates using organic-geochemical proxy parameters. He is a member of the board of the European Association of Organic Geochemists.

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