Increasing maturity of kerogen type II reflected by alkylbenzene distribution from pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-449

  Lis, Grzegorz P ^a   Mastalerz, Maria ^b   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZENE; AMORPHINITE MACERAL; DEMETHYLATION; FLASH PYROLYSATES;

BENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ALGINITE; DEVONIAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MISSISSIPPIAN; PYROLYSIS; TOLUENE; VITRINITE;

EID: 42049084837     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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