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...e usually most useful. Of particular significance for correlations are the wax content (C₂₃₊), the [[Wikipedia:Carbon Preference Index|carbon p ...a high-wax oil of terrestrial origin with an odd-carbon preference in the wax region and a high pristane-phytane ratio typical of coaly or certain nearsh

| Wrapping in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and coating with wax or plastic ===Hot wax or strippable plastic===

...r, higher vanadium-nickel, less negative δ¹³C ratios, and lower wax contents (see Figure 8-49). Sterane concentrations are high, as are concent ...panes, in the high C₃₃ homohopane concentration, and in the low wax content.

...ameters included in this category are [[API gravity]] (or density), color, wax content, pour point, and [[viscosity]]. Most of these parameters are of lit

* Why are there marked differences in [[API gravity|oil gravity]], wax content, and sulfur content in [[lateral]] and stratigraphically successive

...] and lower [[API gravity]] than unaltered petroleum, but biodegraded high-wax oils may have lower viscosity.

| Low [[viscosity]] (due to oil source or [[biodegradation]]) or high wax paraffinic

...stics of biomarker assemblages and their precursors in Damintun ultra-high wax oils and related source rocks: Organic Geochemistry, vol. 19, p. 29–39, D

...T. Sun, 2005, Jet-plume depositional bodies—The primary building blocks of Wax Lake delta: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societ ...index.html Google Earth], 2013, accessed January 14, 2013.</ref>); and (C) Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, representative of a fluvial-dominated delta (image m