Pyrolysis studies on the conversion of vitrinite reflectance and the primary productivity of various non-marine source rocks in China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-361

  Zheng, Guodong ^a,b   Duan, Yi ^b   Takano, Bokuichiro ^a   Luo, Binjie ^b   Cheng, Keming ^b   Zhang, Yingjie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon yields; Pyrolysis experiment; Sedimentary environment; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PYROLYSIS; REFLECTANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0442297423     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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