The relationship between the composition and rank of humic coals and their activation energy distributions for the generation of bulk petroleum

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-149

  Petersen, H I ^a   Rosenberg, P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Coal composition; Coal rank; Source rock

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL RANK; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 0034077565     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.6.2.137     Document Type: Article

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