Comparative petrographic and geochemical study of the Puertollano oil shale kerogens

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-321

  Borrego, A G ^a,b   Hagemann, H W ^a   Prado, J G ^b   Guillen M D ^c   Blanco, C G ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Botryococcus derived kerogen; kerogen pyrolyzates; lacustrine palaeoenvironment; oil shale kerogens; Puertollano oil shale; thermal maturity estimations; vitrinite reflectance (suppressed)

Indexed keywords

ALGINITE; BOTRYOCOCCUS; CARBONIFEROUS; KEROGEN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OIL SHALE; STEPHANIAN;

SPAIN, CASTILLE-LA MANCHA, CIUDAD REAL, PUERTOLLANO;

ALGAE; COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SHALE; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BOTRYOCOCCUS; KEROGEN PYROLYZATES; LACUSTRINE PALAEOENVIRONMENT; THERMAL MATURITY ESTIMATION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

KEROGEN;

EID: 0030088542     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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