Assessing the maturity of coals and other rocks from North America using the fluorescence alteration of multiple macerals (FAMM) technique

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-71

  Lo, H B ^a   Wilkins, R W T ^b   Ellacott, M V ^b   Buckingham, C P ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; LIGHT REFLECTION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SHALE;

DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER; EQUIVALENT VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; MULTIPLE MACERALS FLUORESCENCE ALTERATION (FAMM) TECHNIQUE; ROCK EVAL HYDROGEN INDEX (HI);

COAL;

EID: 0030736268     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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