Experimental organic matter maturation at 2kbar: Heat-up effect to low temperatures on vitrinite reflectance

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-53

  Le Bayon, Ronan ^a   Buhre, Stephan ^b   Schmidt, Burkhard C ^c   Ferreiro Mählmann, Rafael ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold seal pressure vessel; Experimental maturation; Heat up effect; Textinite; Vitrinite; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MATURATION; HEAT-UP; TEXTINITE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VITRINITES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; HEATING; ISOTHERMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE VESSELS; REFLECTION;

KINETICS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; MATURATION; ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 84857120705     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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