Abstract
Alterations in the hydrocarbon composition of recent sediments during storage at ambient temperature for short periods of time (1 month) have been observed. These consist in the transformation of the high odd-to-even carbon number predominated C 25C 33 n-alkane distributions into C 22C 30 n-alkanes with no carbon number preference, the generation of an unresolved complex mixture of hydrocarbons eluting between n-C 16 and n-C 22 and the degradation of the hopane components. Aerobic microbial reworking seems to be the process responsible for these changes.
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