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Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry
- Instructor
- Prof. Roger Summons
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 3 web pages
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- MIT OCW
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.491 Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry, Fall 2005, Prof. Roger Summons — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture 2: Acetogenic Lipids and their Fossil Counterparts; Chain-length, Branching Systematics and Isotopic Compositions - Indicators of Biological Sources; Algeanans; Functional Roles; Branched Alkanes with Quaternary Carbon Centers (BAQCs); Geological Patterns of Occurrence
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Lecture 3: Seminar on Biomarkers and Earth’s Redox History
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Lecture 4: Isoprenoid Lipids; Biosynthesis; Isomerism and other Structural Aspects; Archaeal and Non-archaeal Sources; Structure vs. Physiology; Bicyclic and Tricyclic Isoprenoids; other Cyclised Polyprenoids; Geological Record
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Lecture 5: Seminar on Acyclic Isoprenoids
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Lecture 6: Analytical Techniques for Biomarker Analysis
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Lecture 7: Continued Lecture on Analytical Techniques
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Lecture 8: Steroids; Biosynthetic Issues; Formation by Bacteria and Eukaryotes; Role of Oxygen Sterol to Sterane Diagenesis; Biomarkers for Source and Maturity in Fossil Organic Molecules (OM); Age-related Changes in Occurrence and Paleoenvironmental Indicators
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Lecture 9: Seminar on Steroids
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Lecture 10: Continuing Lecture on Steroids
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Lecture 11: Seminar on Isotopic and Molecular Indicators for a Biogenic Origin of Organic Matter
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Lecture 12: Mono-, Sesqui-, di- and Triterpenoids 1; Biosynthetic Issues; Bacteria and Eukaryotes; Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHP); Analytical Issues; Phylogeny and Physiology vs. Structure; BHP to Hopane Diagenesis; Biomarkers for Source, Maturity of OM
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Lecture 13: Seminar on Triterpenoids
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Lecture 14: Diterpenoids and Triterpenoids 2; Plant-derived Terpenoids; Biomarkers for an Evolving Ocean Plankton Biomarkers Diagnostic of Geological Age
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Lecture 15: Pigment-derived Biomarkers; Porphyrins and Carotenoids
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Lecture 16: Seminar on the Permian-Triassic Boundary Extinction
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Lecture 17: Seminar on Pigment-derived Biomarkers
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Lecture 18: Diagenesis and Catagenesis; OM Preservation; Kerogen Formation Role of Reduced Sulfur
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Lecture 19: Petroleum Formation, Occurrence and Characterization
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Lecture 20: Seminar on Neoproterozoic Glaciations
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Lecture 21: Seminar on Atmospheric Oxygen Evolution, Paleo-ocean Chemistry, and Biomarkers
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Lecture 22: Kerogen; Experimental Approaches to Classification and Structural Analysis; Rock Eval; Pyrolysis and Chemical Degradation
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