Experimental kinetic study of organic matter maturation: Time and pressure effects on vitrinite reflectance at 400°C

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-355

  Le Bayon, Ronan ^a   Brey, Gerhard P ^b   Ernst, W G ^c   Mählmann, Rafael Ferreiro ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GENERAL EQUATIONS; HEAT-UP; HEATING TIME; INITIAL KINETICS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; POWER LAW; POWER LAW RATE EQUATION; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RATE CONSTANT K; RETARDING EFFECT; RUN LENGTH; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VITRINITES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; HEATING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; REFLECTION;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; LABORATORY METHOD; MATURATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POWER LAW; PRESSURE EFFECT; REACTION KINETICS; SWAMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 79956329826     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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