Biomarker distributions as maturity indicators in coals, coaly shales, and shales from Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 739-755

  Shen, Jun Chin ^a,b   Huang, Wuu Liang ^b  

^a CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Coal; Maturity; Pristane phytane; Shale; Taiwan; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BITUMEN; COAL; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 36849023332     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.18.4.739(TT)     Document Type: Article

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