Composition, peat-forming vegetation and kerogen paraffinicity of Cenozoic coals: Relationship to variations in the petroleum generation potential (Hydrogen Index)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-134

  Petersen, H I ^a   Lindstrom S ^a   Nytoft, H P ^a   Rosenberg, P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Coal; Kerogen paraffinicity; Oil; Palynology; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC CHAINS; CARBON ATOMS; CATALYSED OXIDATIONS; CENOZOIC; COAL COMPOSITIONS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HUMIC COALS; HUMINITE; HYDROGEN INDICES; IN PLANTS; INDONESIA; KEROGEN STRUCTURES; LIGHT MICROSCOPIES; LIPTINITE; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; MACERAL; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; OIL; ORGANIC MATTERS; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PALYNOLOGY; PETROLEUM GENERATIONS; ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS; SAMPLE SETS; THERMAL MATURITIES; TROPICAL CLIMATES; VIET NAM; VITRINITE REFLECTANCES; WAXY CRUDE OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL INDUSTRY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; KEROGEN; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; RUTHENIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VEGETATION;

COAL;

CENOZOIC; COAL MINING; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN; PALYNOLOGY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; THERMAL MATURITY; VEGETATION;

ASIA; COLOMBIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VENEZUELA; VIET NAM;

FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 61849151365     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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