Chemical composition and palaeobotanical origin of Miocene resins from Kerala-Konkan Coast,western India |
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| Authors: | Suryendu Dutta Monalisa Mallick Runcie Paul Mathews Ulrich Mann Paul F. Greenwood Rakesh Saxena |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel;(2) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95604, USA |
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| Abstract: | The terpenoid composition of resins from the Miocene lignite horizons from the Kerala-Konkan Coast, western India was analyzed by Curie-point pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Cupy-GC-MS). The major pyrolysates were cadalene-based bicyclic sesquiterpenoids including some C30-C31 bicadinenes and bicadinanes typical of dammar resin from angiosperm plants of Dipterocarpaceae family. These plants are typically supported by tropical climates which the western Indian region was known to have experienced during early Tertiary period. The present study suggests that these palaeoclimatic conditions persisted until at least the Miocene epoch. These sesquiterpenoids which are commonly detected in many SE Asian crude oils may be utilised as useful biomarkers for petroleum exploration in the western Indian region. |
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