The universality of the relationship between vitrinite reflectance and transformation ratio

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 383-388

  Waples, Douglas W ^a   Marzi, Roger W ^b,c  

^a Amoco Exploration and Production ^*  (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Advanced Extraction Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed kinetics; Transformation ratio; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED KINETICS; FREQUENCY FACTOR; TRANSFORMATION RATIO; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; KEROGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; REFLECTION;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032565290     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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