Investigation of thermal maturity of lower Palaeozoic hydrocarbon source rocks by means of vitrinite-like maceral reflectance - A Tarim Basin case study

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1041-1052

  Xianming, Xiao ^a   Wilkins, R W T ^b   Dehan, Liu ^a   Zufa, Liu ^a   Jiamu, Fu ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitumen reflectance; Hydrocarbon source rock; Lower Palaeozoic; Thermal maturity; Vitrinite reflectance; Vitrinite like maceral reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MACERAL; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN;

EID: 0034303933     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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