The vanadium isotopic constitution of petroleum asphaltenes: La Luna Formation (Venezuela)

• Main Authors: PAVLE I. PREMOVIC, DRAGAN M. DJORDJEVIC, IVANA R. TONSA, LILIANA LOPEZ, SALVADOR LOMANOCO, MIRJANA S. PAVLOVIC, MIOMIR V. VELJKOVIC, OLIVERA M. NESKOVIC
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Chemical Society 2000
• Subjects: asphaltene; isotope; petroleum; vanadium

High resolution mass spectrometry indicates that the isotopic abundance of 50vanadium (V) of the Late Cretaceous La Luna petroleum asphaltenes and related source kerogen of marine origin (both highly enriched with V >> 2000 ppm) is higher by about 3,5 % than that of an inorganic vanadium sourc...