Effect of artificial maturation on carbazole distributions, as revealed by the hydrous pyrolysis of an organic-sulphur-rich source rock (Ghareb Formation, Jordan)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1953-1960

  Clegg, Heather ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^a   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap ^b   Koopmans, Martin P ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzocarbazoles; Carbazoles; Ghareb Formation; Hydrous pyrolysis; Petroleum generation; Petroleum migration; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

MATURATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032410429     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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