Artificial maturation of alginite and organic groundmass separated from torbanites

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 737-750

  Kruge, Michael A ^a,b   Landais, Patrick ^b   Bensley, David ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Carbon Consult International Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alginite; artificial maturation; Botryococcus; confined pyrolysis; density separation; flash pyrolysis; torbanite

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; NATURAL POLYMERS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PYROLYSIS; SOILS;

ALGINITE; ARTIFICIAL MATURATION; ARTIFICIAL PETROLEUM GENERATION; TORBANITE;

BIOMASS;

ALGINITE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; MATURATION; PYROLYSIS; TORBANITE;

EID: 0030425952     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00064-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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