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Organic Geochemistry Applications:

Organic matter sourcing 

•key for blue carbon studies 

•differentiating between marine and terrestrial sources 

Environmental contaminants 

•PAHs 

•oil/petroleum fingerprinting 

•fecal sterols 

Ecosystem change 

•membrane lipid composition 

•ecosystem community structure/change