Variations in composition, petroleum potential and kinetics of ordovician - miocene Type I and Type I-II source rocks (oil shales): Implications for hydrocarbon generation characteristics

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-41

  Petersen, H I ^a   Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Mathiesen, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alginite; Kinetics; Modelling; Oil shale; Source rock; Type I kerogen

Indexed keywords

ALGAL-DERIVED ORGANIC MATTER; ALGINITE; AMORPHOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; ATOMIC H/C RATIO; BRACKISH WATER; BURIAL DEPTHS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY FACTORS; GLOBAL SET; HEAT-FLOW; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROGEN INDICES; KEROGEN TYPE; KINETICS MODELLING; MARINE OIL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MIOCENE; OR-NETWORKS; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC FACIES; PETROLEUM GENERATION; PETROLEUM POTENTIAL; SOURCE ROCK TYPE; SOURCE ROCKS; SULPHUR CONTENT; TASMANITES; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; THIN-WALLED;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROCKS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SULFUR;

OIL SHALE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALGINITE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN; KINETICS; MIOCENE; OIL SHALE; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE ROCK; TORBANITE;

GULF OF THAILAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS; GLOEOCAPSOMORPHA; PEDIASTRUM; TASMANITES; TETRAEDRON;

EID: 72549096091     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2010.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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