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Extracts of a Green River Formation kerogen consisted chiefly of normal, isoprenoid, dicarboxylic, keto and various aromatic acid series. The kerogen seems to be polymer matrix, highly cross-linked by saturated hydrocarbons containing some aromatic nuclei, heteroatoms and many long isoprenoid and normal side chains.
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BURLINGAME, A., SIMONEIT, B. High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Green River Formation Kerogen Oxidations. Nature 222, 741–747 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222741a0
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