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diasterane1
noundiasterane (plural diasteranes)
plural diasteranes
- chemistryAny of a group of isomers of steranes formed during diagenesis
Additionally, Mississippi River discharge could not explain the elevated hopane, sterane, and diasterane concentrations [23, 75 ] and depletion in natural abundance radiocarbon [63 ] in NE GoM surface sediments that are indicative of petroleum hydrocarbon input.
2015 July 15, “Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
diasterane2
noundiasterane (plural diasteranes)
plural diasteranes
- chemistryThe simplest possible asterane tricyclo[3.1.1.12,4]octane, or [2]asterane
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