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==Gammacerane==
 
==Gammacerane==
[[file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-28.png|thumb|{{figure number|8-28}}From Ocampo et al.;<ref name=ch08r35>Ocampo, R., Riva, A., Trendel, J., M., Riolo, J., Callot, H., J., Albrecht, P., 1993, Petroporphyrins as biomarkers in oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations: Energy & Fuels, vol. 7, p. 191–193., 10., 1021/ef00038a005</ref> reprinted with permission from American Chemical Society.]]
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[[file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-28.png|left|thumb|{{figure number|6}}From Ocampo et al.;<ref name=ch08r35>Ocampo, R., Riva, A., Trendel, J., M., Riolo, J., Callot, H., J., Albrecht, P., 1993, Petroporphyrins as biomarkers in oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations: Energy & Fuels, vol. 7, p. 191–193., 10., 1021/ef00038a005</ref> reprinted with permission from American Chemical Society.]]
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In addition to the hopane family, several other types of triterpanes that are occasionally encountered can be very useful in correlations. Gammacerane is often found in sediments deposited under abnormal salinites, including lacustrine facies. Identification of gammacerane can be difficult, however, both because it is usually only a minor component and because it elutes at different places with different chromatographic columns.
 
In addition to the hopane family, several other types of triterpanes that are occasionally encountered can be very useful in correlations. Gammacerane is often found in sediments deposited under abnormal salinites, including lacustrine facies. Identification of gammacerane can be difficult, however, both because it is usually only a minor component and because it elutes at different places with different chromatographic columns.
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Figure 8-28 shows gammacerane in the m/z 191 mass chromatograms of two genetically related oils from southern Sicily. In this example, gammacerane elutes after the C<sub>31</sub> homohopanes. Note also the relative increase in the C<sub>34</sub> and C<sub>35</sub> homohopanes. The presence of gammacerane and the homohopane distribution suggest a strongly reducing, possibly carbonate or hypersaline depositional setting for the source rock of these oils.
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[[file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-29.png|thumb|{{figure number|7}}From Mattavelli and Novelli;<ref name=ch08r29>Mattavelli, L., Novelli, L., 1990, Geochemistry and habitat of the oils in Italy: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 1623–1639.</ref> reprinted with permission from AAPG.]]
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[[:file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-28.png|Figure 6]] shows gammacerane in the m/z 191 mass chromatograms of two genetically related oils from southern Sicily. In this example, gammacerane elutes after the C<sub>31</sub> homohopanes. Note also the relative increase in the C<sub>34</sub> and C<sub>35</sub> homohopanes. The presence of gammacerane and the homohopane distribution suggest a strongly reducing, possibly carbonate or hypersaline depositional setting for the source rock of these oils.
[[file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-29.png|thumb|{{figure number|8-29}}From Mattavelli and Novelli;<ref name=ch08r29>Mattavelli, L., Novelli, L., 1990, Geochemistry and habitat of the oils in Italy: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 1623–1639.</ref> reprinted with permission from AAPG.]]
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Figure 8-29 also shows samples with gammacerane, but in this case gammacerane essentially coelutes with the C<sub>31</sub>-22R epimer. This example shows an oil from the Perla-1 well in southern Sicily and a source rock extract from the Noto Formation that correlates with it almost exactly.
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[[:file:oiloil-and-oilsource-rock-correlations_fig8-29.png|Figure 7]] also shows samples with gammacerane, but in this case gammacerane essentially coelutes with the C<sub>31</sub>-22R epimer. This example shows an oil from the Perla-1 well in southern Sicily and a source rock extract from the Noto Formation that correlates with it almost exactly.
    
==Oleananes==
 
==Oleananes==

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