Empirical carbon isotope/maturity relationships for gases from algal kerogens and terrigenous organic matter, based on dry, open-system pyrolysis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 947-955

  Berner, Ulrich ^a   Faber, Eckhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratios; Ethane; Maturity models; Methane; Open system pyrolysis; Propane; Simulation of gas generation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; ETHANE; FUNCTIONS; KEROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PROPANE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS; ROCK EVAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SOURCE ROCK MATURITIES; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON; ETHANE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MATURITY; METHANE; PROPANE; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0030259111     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00090-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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