A comparison of thermal maturity parameters between freely extracted hydrocarbons (Bitumen I) and a second extract (Bitumen II) from within the kerogen matrix of Permian and Triassic sedimentary rocks

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Nabbefeld, Birgit ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^b   Summons, Roger E ^c   Troitzsch, Ulrike ^d   Twitchett, Richard J ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; DEMINERALISATION; DIAGENETIC TRANSFORMATION; KEROGEN TYPE; MATRIX; METHYLNAPHTHALENE; PERMIAN; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRIASSIC; TRITERPENOIDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CLAY MINERALS; ISOMERS; KEROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BITUMEN; CLAY MINERAL; CORRELATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; KEROGEN; PERMIAN; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STEROID; TRIASSIC;

EID: 74149090641     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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