This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ok Mike I understand what you meant about the contamination, unfortunately when I get to typing this in I get a bit sidetracked with other ideas. I dont know about the quantification of such compounds as porphyrins. I do know that these analyses are quite difficult due to the large…
Ok Mike: I agree your original question has brought forth quite abit of discussion, which I too enjoy. In regards to your last posting, there is a bit more: 1. Yes optical activity in petroleum is attributed to biological sources. I believe this adds to "circumstantial" evidence of the biological…
Im not a geologist either but I do believe organic material has been found in cambrian and precambrian era rock. i agree this is rare and there may be very good reasons for it. one point is clear- petroleum is primarily found in sedimentary rock that is associate with marine…
Sri Kamron…just a bit of humor there Re: Your stew… The problem with a catastrphe as you describe is that it doesnt account for the vast deposits of oil and gas found to date. I subscribe to the idea that these deposits were formed over a long period of geologic…
Kamron: How does it taste with ketchup or if you prefer catsup?
Mike; Regarding you msg on the origins of petroleum – I will say I subscribe to biological origins of petroleum. I believe the following gives credibility to the biological origin theory 1. Porphyrin complexes are found abundantly in natural products AND they are found in petroleum. One that comes to…