Michael A. Kruge, Earth and Environmental Studies
Dept.
Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
Areas of current research
Rapid assessment of organic pollution (including
PAHs) in recent sediments by analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry (Py-GC/MS).
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Examples:
New
Haven County, Connecticut
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Connecticut
Marshes
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Vermont
Lakes
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Lake
Ontario
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Macromolecular structure of fossil organic matter.
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Scanning electron micrograph of fossil charcoal from the Mimbral (Mexico)
K/T boundary site. Scale bar is 50 micrometers.
Examples:
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Aromatic
structures in coal: variations with rank.
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PAH's
from fossil charcoal at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: Evidence for
catastrophic firestorm.
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Preservation
Of Biomolecules In Sub-Fossil Plants From Raised Peats: A Potential Palaeoenvironmental
Proxy.
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