Hydrothermal alteration of sedimentary organic matter in the presence and absence of hydrogen to tar then oil

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1703-1716

  Rushdi, Ahmed I ^a   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Biomarkers; Hydrothermal alteration; Organic matter; UCM

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOIC ACIDS; ALKANES; ALKANOATES; CYCLIC COMPOUNDS; DEGREE OF MATURATION; EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROUS PYROLYSIS; ISOPRENOIDS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; N-ALKANES; N-ALKANOLS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLAR COMPOUNDS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL YIELD; UCM; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES; YIELD INCREASE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN; KETONES; PARAFFINS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAR;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952533740     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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