Experimental study on the pressure dependence of vitrinite maturation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2921-2928

  Dalla Torre, M ^a,b   Ferreiro Mahlmann R ^b   Ernst, W G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL HISTORY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MATURATION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 0031444086     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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