Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites

AS Burton, JC Stern, JE Elsila, DP Glavin… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The discoveries of amino acids of extraterrestrial origin in many meteorites over the last 50
years have revolutionized the Astrobiology field. A variety of non-terrestrial amino acids …

Stable isotope fractionation to investigate natural transformation mechanisms of organic contaminants: principles, prospects and limitations

M Elsner - Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-IRMS) has made it possible to
analyze natural stable isotope ratios (eg, 13C/12C, 15N/14N, 2H/1H) of individual organic …

Measurement of position-specific 13C isotopic composition of propane at the nanomole level

A Gilbert, K Yamada, K Suda, Y Ueno… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
We have developed a novel method for analyzing intramolecular carbon isotopic distribution
of propane as a potential new tracer of its origin. The method is based on on-line pyrolysis of …

The isotopic anatomies of molecules and minerals

JM Eiler - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Most natural compounds are composed of diverse isotopologues that differ in the number
and/or symmetrically unique atomic locations of isotopic substitutions. Little of this isotopic …

Establishing the accuracy of position‐specific carbon isotope analysis of propane by GC‐pyrolysis‐GC‐IRMS

C Liu, P Liu, X Wang, X Li… - Rapid Communications in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Position‐specific (PS) δ13C values of propane have proven their ability to provide
valuable information on the evolution history of natural gases. Two major approaches to …

Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater

K Schreglmann, M Hoeche, S Steinbeiss… - Analytical and …, 2013 - Springer
Environmental degradation of organic micropollutants is difficult to monitor due to their
diffuse and ubiquitous input. Current approaches—concentration measurements over time …

The surprising effect of temperature on the weathering of gasoline

HL Birks, AR Cochran, TJ Williams, GP Jackson - Forensic Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
During the identification of ignitable liquid residues in fire debris, it is well known that
evaporative losses result in a general increase in the abundance of non-volatile residues …

Determination of position-specific carbon isotope ratios of propane from natural gas

Y Li, L Zhang, Y Xiong, S Gao, Z Yu - Organic Geochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
On-line gas chromatography–pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass
spectrometry was used here for the position-specific isotope analysis (PSIA) of propane …

[图书][B] Environmental forensics fundamentals: A practical guide

IG Petrisor - 2014 - books.google.com
A Practical Guide to Environmental Crime Scene Investigations Releasing contaminants into
the environment—whether deliberate or unintentional—can be thought of as a crime against …

Weathering of ignitable liquids at elevated temperatures: a thermodynamic model, based on laws of ideal solutions, to predict weathering in structure fires

IC Willis, Z Fan, JT Davidson, GP Jackson - Forensic Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
This manuscript provides experimental evidence and a strong theoretical basis that
weathering at elevated temperatures (up to 210° C) results in significantly different …