Stratigraphic record of Pleisto-cene initiation and slip on the Coyote Creek fault

Enzymic process for the oxidation of substantially water immiscible or water insoluble hydrocarbons, alcohols or aldehydes using oxidising enzyme extracted from micro-organisms wherein an amide is used to dissolve the hydrocarbon, alcohol or aldehyde and thereafter the solution is dispersed in an aqueous buffer in which the oxidation is effected.