Organic Geochemistry

Papers
(The TQCC of Organic Geochemistry is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Assessing the reliability of H-brGDGTs as terrestrial paleothermometers in Plio-Pleistocene fluvio-lacustrine deposits from Northern China25
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Direct evidence of gas flushing oil in deep reservoirs: Insight from integrated fluid inclusion analyses21
Geochemical analysis of bituminous samples from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Nahal Efe (Northern Negev, Israel): Earliest evidence in the region and an example of alteration of the Dead Sea bit20
Introduction to Xplorer, Hybrid and Early-Career Virtual Special Issue20
On the validity of position specific carbon isotopic analysis (PSIA) of propane19
Complexity of the serpentinization lipidome18
Editorial Board18
The sources of the Paleozoic petroleum systems in the Tarim Basin as revealed by geochemistry of oils and extracts from ultra-deep reservoirs18
Exceptionally high contents of rearranged hopanes in a late Permian section, southern Sydney Basin, Australia18
Thermal alteration of the aliphatic biopolymer cutan: implications for composition and degradation17
Analytical inconsistencies in the measurement and reporting of IP25, IPSO25 and related biomarkers for paleo sea ice reconstruction16
Differential evolution of extracted bitumen and solid bitumen in a hybrid shale system16
Early stages of Type I-S kerogen formation revealed by Rock-Eval® 7S analysis of sediment from a modern halo-alkaline lake (Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte)16
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Environmental controls on the distribution of GDGT molecules in Lake Höglwörth, Southern Germany15
Phosphorus limitation drives the deterministic assembly of dissolved organic matter and microbial activity in surface waters of urban lakes14
Distributions of vanadyl and nickel porphyrins in the Woodford Shale and selective chelation of metal species by different tetrapyrrole configurations14
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Geochemistry Articles – April 202414
Comment: Suppression of vitrinite reflectance by bitumen generated from liptinite during hydrous pyrolysis of artificial source rock by Peters et al. (2018)14
Geochemistry Articles – July 202414
Robert Alexander Obituary died 28th July 2023 (82 years)14
Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy13
Molecular and carbon isotopic evidence for the possible origin of 13α(n-alkyl)-tricyclic terpanes in Mesoproterozoic bitumens from the Yanliao Rift, North China13
Annotation of DOM metabolomes with an ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry molecular formula library13
Chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter complementally improved by stepwise elution and electrospray ionization modes13
Three major types of trimethyl-alkylbenzenes and significance for the genesis of reservoir bitumens from the northwestern Sichuan Basin, South China13
Impacts of temperature and fluid seepage on organic matter composition in sediments of an active hydrothermal basin12
Geochemistry Articles – April 202512
Controlling factors and geological applications of the drimane-skeleton compound content and composition of crude oils in complex petroleum systems: New insights from the Western Pearl River Mouth Bas12
Effects of fluid pressure on the occurrence of multi-phase oil and accumulation of light oil and condensate from crude oil cracking: Insights from modified gold tube pyrolysis experiments12
Comparison of Curie-point pyrolysis with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) and base catalyzed methanolysis in leaf and root biomarker decomposition studies12
Assessment of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraether (brGMGT)-based paleothermometry in the 250,000-year sediment record of Lake Chala, equatorial East Africa12
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – June 202212
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Organic matter composition and thermal maturity evaluation of Mesoproterozoic source rocks in the Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Australia11
Polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles used as molecular markers in crude oils and source rocks11
Generation of carbazoles in Type II-S source rocks: Experimental analysis for kinetic parameters estimation11
Impact of organic carbon reworking upon GDGT temperature proxies during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum11
Environmental indications and controls of bacterial membrane lipids in a tropical peatland from Panama11
Geochemistry Articles – January 202410
Intramolecular carbon isotopic rollover in propane from natural gas reservoirs of the Santanghu Basin: Insights into chemical structure of kerogen10
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Mid- to Late-Holocene branched GDGT-based air temperatures from a crater lake in Cameroon (Central Africa)10
Robust determination of kerogen properties in organic-rich mudrocks via Raman Spectroscopy10
Geochemistry Articles – January 202610
Bacterial physiology highlighted by the δ13C fractionation of bacteriohopanetetrol isomers10
The widespread occurrence and wide structural diversity of sulfurized diterpenoids in ambers9
Geochemistry Articles – October 20249
Pyrolysis experiments of model compounds to explore carbon isotope fractionation in propane from natural gas9
Reply to Comment by M.D. Lewan9
Plant-wax n-alkanes from the central Congo Basin as palaeo-environmental and -climatic proxies9
The global distribution of Isoprenoidal Glycerol Dialkyl Diethers (isoGDDs) is consistent with a predominant degradation origin9
A plethora of hopanoid transformation products co-exist in a thermally immature Jurassic black shale II: Oxo- and thiohopanoids9
Contribution of abiotic methane polymerization of C2+ hydrocarbons in highly mature natural gas reservoirs8
Seasonality of amino acid enantiomers and microbial communities at MOLA time series in the NW Mediterranean Sea8
Geochemical fingerprints of Dongpu Depression crude oils in Bohai Bay Basin, northern China: Insights from biomarkers and isotopic compositions of selected alkylnaphthalenes and alkylphenanthrenes8
Hydrogen isotope biogeochemistry of plant waxes in paired lake catchments8
Magma-induced thermal alteration in Devonian organic-rich rocks (Paraná Basin, Brazil): molecular transformations and clay-catalyzed maturation8
Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dietrich Welte (1935–2025)8
Impact of biodegradation on methyltrimethyltridecylchromans (MTTCs) in crude oils from the Bohai Bay Basin, China8
Identifying the drivers of GDGT distributions in alkaline soil profiles within the Serengeti ecosystem8
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – October 20228
A potential new sea surface temperature proxy based on isomeric highly branched isoprenoid lipid biomarkers: EZ258
High abundances of degraded triterpenoids in Miocene turbiditic sediments of south-central Hokkaido, Japan8
Characteristics of light hydrocarbons under the superimposed influence of biodegradation and subsequent thermal maturation7
Impact of water depth on the distributions and proxies of isoprenoidal hydroxylated GDGTs in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea7
A new method for the quantification of hydrogen contribution from water to methane during hydrous kerogen pyrolysis7
Editorial Board7
The giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta takes up dissolved organic matter from benthic cyanobacterial mats7
Distribution and carbon isotopic composition of diploptene from epiphytic bryophytes in Wuhan, central China7
Compositions, structures, and confined pyrolysis of the alga Chlorella and its nonhydrolyzable fractions7
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether signatures in tropical mesotidal estuary sediments of Qua Iboe River, Gulf of Guinea7
Five series of benzohopanes in early Cretaceous sediments from the Chaoyang Basin, NE China7
The bacterial influencing mechanisms of salinity fluctuations in a brackish-water lake on the dissolved organic matter characteristics of pore water7
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Heterotrophic origin and diverse sources of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGMGTs) in peats and lignites7
Fast quantitative analysis of n-alkanes, PAHs and alkenones in sediments7
Hydrous pyrolysis of Type III coal: I. Influence of temperature and time on gas generation potential and applicability to natural systems7
Isoprenoidal GDGTs and GDDs associated with anoxic lacustrine environments7
Interaction between peptide and solid lignin suggest mechanisms of abiotic covalent bond formation7
3-OH-FA- and branched GDGT-based temperature calibrations from a transect of lakes in the eastern USA7
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – August 20237
Geochemistry Articles – June 20257
Solvent effect in Soxhlet extraction of source rocks7
Seasonal temperature dependency of aquatic branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers: A mesocosm approach6
Influence of vegetation type on brGDGTs: Results from surface soils beneath sub-alpine forest and grassland under the same climatic conditions6
Geochemistry Articles – September 20236
Comparing extraction methods for analyzing n-alkyl lipids in shelf sediments from the China Sea6
A paleoenvironmental and ecological analysis of biomarkers from the Eocene Fossil Basin, Green River Formation, U.S.A.6
Reservoir oil geochemistry in the northern Western Desert of Egypt – High-resolution mass spectrometry and stable carbon isotope characterization6
Geochemistry Articles – February 20266
Organic matter-mediated activation of Pb-Zn metals in black shale dual-source rock systems: The Mayuan MVT deposit6
The biological source and paleoenvironment implication of rare short-chain lanostanes in alkaline lacustrine sediments6
Characteristics of n-alkyl lipids in cultivated Sphagnum and their preservation potential in the topsoil of Sphagnum farmlands in southwest China6
Molecular hydrogen isotopic compositions of petroleum n-alkanes and its geological significance in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China6
Impact of terrestrial organic matter input on distributions of hydroxylated isoprenoidal GDGTs in marine sediments: Implications for OH-isoGDGT-based temperature proxies6
Effects of inorganic sulfur species on hydrocarbon conversion and 34S isotope fractionation during thermal maturation of Type II kerogen6
Origin of terrigenous-marine oils from the Xihu Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin: Insights from biomarkers and carbon isotopes6
Geochemical constraints on the hydrocarbon generation and expulsion in source rocks with different primary organic matter compositions: A case study on the Lucaogou Formation in the Jimusaer Sag, Jung6
Re-arranged hopanes and novel re-arranged tricyclic terpanes in Paleozoic rock extracts and oils in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma6
Biodegradation sequence of coal organic matter and mechanism of biomethane formation in secondary biogenic gas accumulation areas6
Natural and laboratory-induced maturation of kerogen from the Vaca Muerta Formation: A comparison study6
Dissolved oxygen concentrations influence the distribution of isoGDGTs in a deep Lake Fuxian in China: Implications for the use of TEX86 in stratified lakes6
Incorporation of wet gases to kerogen in petroleum formation and evolution6
Gas-phase reaction of CH4 and H2S – Evidence from pyrolysis experiments and case study from the Sichuan Basin6
C/H isotope fractionation of hydrocarbon gases from hydrogenation of organic matter: Insights from hydrothermal experiments6
A saline lacustrine depositional environment enhances organic matter enrichment in the Permian Lucaogou shales5
Climatic and environmentally driven variability in lacustrine brGDGT distributions at local to regional scales in Alaska and northwestern Canada5
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A novel protocol for extracting 3-hydroxy fatty acids from soil with microwave-assisted acid digestion5
Compound-specific carbon isotope measurements of individual lipid biomarkers from immature Ediacaran rocks of Baltica5
Lacustrine records of Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) triggered by volcanic activity5
Resource potential of the Proterozoic–Paleozoic Carrara depocentre, South Nicholson region, Australia: Insights from stratigraphic drilling5
Geochemistry Articles – December 20235
Seasonal organic matter dynamics in thermokarst lakes of a degrading palsa-rich sporadic permafrost zone (Nunavik, Canada)5
Contrasting particulate organic carbon and sediment trophic status in two Antarctic fjords: Hope Bay and Collins Bay5
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Distribution and origin of higher diamondoids in the ultra-deep Paleozoic condensates of the Shunbei oilfield in the Tarim Basin, NW China5
Isolation of 2,3,6- & 2,3,4-trimethyl aryl isoprenoids using argentation silica gel column chromatography for compound-specific isotopic analysis5
Paleoceanographic importance of tri- and di-unsaturated alkenones through the early phase of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 from southern high latitudes of the proto-Indian Ocean5
Phase behavior and GOR evolution using a natural maturity series of lacustrine oil-prone shale: Implications from compositional modelling5
Elucidating the composition of organic matter in water-repellent forest soils using analytical pyrolysis combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS)5
Reply to “Discussion on the studies of position-specific carbon isotopes of propane by Li et al. (2018), Zhang et al. (2022) and Shuai et al. (2023)”5
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Occurrence and origin of perylene in Paleogene sediments from the Tasmanian Gateway, Australia5
Anisole-based assessment for the quantification of methoxyl groups in lignin-rich biomass5
Relative thermodynamic stabilities of biomarkers – Evidence from drill-bit metamorphism in the Iving Discovery wells 25/8-19 S & A, Norwegian North Sea5
Study on the main controlling factors on the differential accumulation of natural gas in multiple (ultra-)deeply-buried marine strata5
Editorial Board5
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – December 20225
Biomarker signatures in host rocks and their co-occurring fossil plants from northern Scotland5
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Structural properties of organic matter in marine-continental transitional shales and impacts on methane accumulation5
Thermal evolution characteristics of dibenzothiophene, dibenzofuran and fluorene and their homologues and their geochemical implications5
Reforestation in northeastern China increased the soil microbial necromass carbon accumulation by influencing glomalin and enzyme activities5
Dissolved organic matter molecular composition controls potential biodegradability5
Combining Rock-Eval® thermal analysis and thermochemolysis to evaluate the influence of forest management on soil organic matter quality and stability5
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – November 20225
Modified rapid small-scale fractionation method for quantitatively separating pyrrolic nitrogen compounds, phenols-ketones and carboxylic acids fractions from petroleum5
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