ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND COAL PETROLOGY OF TERTIARY BROWN COAL IN THE ZHOUJING MINE, BAISE BASIN, SOUTH CHINA .3. CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS

The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of the Tertiary brown coal from Zhoujing mine have been characterized in detail. They are composed mainly of aromatic sesqui-, di-, sester- and triterpenoid hydrocarbons, with retene and simonellite as the predominant species. Secondary in abundance are mono- to pentaaromatic triterpenoid hydrocarbons, derived from oleanane, ursane and lupane precursors, indicators of terrestrial sources. Minor species present are a tetraaromatic norhopane, undecyltoluene and perylene and most of the regular polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons are found at trace levels only.