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. 1965 Nov;54(5):1406–1412. doi: 10.1073/pnas.54.5.1406

OCCURRENCE OF BIOGENIC STERANES AND PENTACYCLIC TRITERPANES IN AN EOCENE SHALE (52 MILLION YEARS) AND IN AN EARLY PRECAMBRIAN SHALE (2.7 BILLION YEARS): A PRELIMINARY REPORT*

A L Burlingame 1,2,3, Pat Haug 1,2,3, Theodore Belsky 1,2,3, Melvin Calvin 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC219916  PMID: 16591314

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