The fate of diamondoids in coals and sedimentary rocks

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1013-1016

  Wei, Zhibin ^a   Moldowan, J Michael ^a   Jarvie, Daniel M ^b   Hill, Ronald ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Humble Geochemical Services   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coals; Diamondoid destruction; Diamondoids; Oil cracking; Source rocks; Thermal maturity; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDOIDS; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

COAL; LITHOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMOND; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE;

EID: 33845585437     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22840A.1     Document Type: Article

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