Rotational reflectance of dispersed vitrinite from the Arkoma basin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 191-206

  Houseknecht, David W ^a   Weesner, Christopher M B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkoma Basin; Maturation history; Ouachita mountains; Rotational reflectance; Thermal maturity measurement; Thermal maturity of thrust belts; Vitrinite properties

Indexed keywords

MATURITY; REFLECTANCE; ROTATIONAL REFLECTANCE; VITRINITE;

USA, ARKANSAS, ARKOMA BASIN; USA, OKLAHOMA, ARKOMA BASIN;

ANISOTROPY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ARKOMA BASIN; DISPERSED VITRINITE; MATURATION HISTORY; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; ROTATIONAL REFLECTANCE; THERMAL MATURITY OF THRUST BELTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030616285     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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