A preliminary investigation of the optical properties of asphaltene and their application to source rock evaluation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 669-676

  Xianming, Xiao ^a   Wilkins, R W T ^b   Zufa, Liu ^a   Jiamo, F U ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Crude oils; Maturity; Reflectance fluorescence; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE; HUMIC COAL; MATURITY; SOURCE ROCK;

ASPHALT; COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PETROLOGY; ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

ASPHALT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 0031826425     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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