This paper deals with monoterpinenese in Oldnawa Trough sediments, which have been identified by TLC and GC-MS-DS. Three kinds of monoterpinene have been recognized:cyclohexene, I-methyl-3- ( 1-methylethenyl ), cyclohexene, 1-methylethenyl-5- ( 1 -methylethenyl )and cyclohexene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethylidene). These monoterpinenes are considered to have been derived from terrigenous higher plant detritus and are recognized as a new type of terrigenous markers.
5α and 5β cholestane, ergostane, stigmastane, hopane, etc., as well as 4-methyl-5β-stigmastane have been identified in an Tertiary oil shale sample from the oil field in North China, using cappillary gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer. The resalts show that steroids occur in large amounts and a great variety, which thus provides an indication of their origination probably from higher plant debris.
Monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids in sea-floor sediments of the Jizhou Island and estuarine sediments at the Yangtze River mouth have been examined by using thin layer chromatography and gas chromatography as well as computerized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Free and bound fatty acids distributed in the sea-floor sediments show remarkable even/odd predominances except for sample 8138. Monocarboxylic acids show a unimodal distribution, ranging from n-C14 to n-C32. with the maximum at n-C16 while dicarboxylic acids also show a unimodal distribution, ranging from di-Cl6 to di-C32 with the maximum at di-C24 or di-C28. Evidence from the distribution of fatty adds in the East China Sea sediments indicatesthat these monoearboxylic acids are probably derived from algal debris and,these dicarboxylic acids are derived from terrigenous higher plant detritus.
