Evidence of early generation of liquid hydrocarbon from suberinite as visible under the microscope

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 591-593

  Hasiah Abdullah, Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agglomeration of suberinite; Early hydrocarbon generation; Exsudatinite; Exsudatinite crack network; Suberinite

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COAL; CRACKS;

EXSUDATINITE; SUBERINITE;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0031581479     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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