Experimental study of the effects of thermochemical sulfate reduction on low molecular weight hydrocarbons in confined systems and its geochemical implications

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1375-1393

  Xiao, Qilin ^a,b   Sun, Yongge ^a,c   Chai, Pingxia ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONFINED SYSTEMS; CRITICAL REVIEW; CYCLO-ALKANES; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HYDROCARBON FRACTION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON INDICATORS; IONIC REACTION; ISOALKANES; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-ALKANES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NORMAL ALKANE; OIL FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS; PROMOTION EFFECTS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SECONDARY ALTERATION; STABLE CARBON; STAR DIAGRAMS; THERMAL CRACKING; THERMALLY STABLE; THERMOCHEMICAL SULFATE REDUCTION; THOMPSON;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GAS CONDENSATES; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; CONDENSATE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GAS CONDENSATE; GOLD; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SHALE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TOARCIAN;

EID: 80855123572     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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