Oil generation capacity of coals as a function of coal age and aliphatic structure

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-583

  Petersen, Henrik I ^a   Nytoft, Hans P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS COALS; CENOZOIC COALS; CENOZOIC FLORAS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COAL;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBONIFEROUS; CENOZOIC; COAL INDUSTRY; OIL; OXIDATION; PERMIAN; PLANT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646099825     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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