Factors controlling the abundance of organic sulfur in flash pyrolyzates of Upper Cretaceous kerogens from Sergipe Basin, Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 587-603

  Carmo, A M ^a   Stankiewicz, B A ^b   Mastalerz, M ^c   Pratt, L M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginite; Amorphous organic matter; Early diagenesis of organic matter; Kerogen; Maceral; Organic sulfur; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALGINITE; AMORPHOUS ORGANIC MATTER (AOM); DIAGENESIS; ETHYL METHYLTHIOPHENE; LIPTODETRINITE; MACERAL; SULFURIZATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

KEROGEN;

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; KEROGEN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; SULPHUR;

BRAZIL, SERGIPE BASIN;

EID: 0031138312     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00020-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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