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Coal: Vitrinite reflectance and maturity

Ralf Littke

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van Krevelen, D.W. (1961) Coal. Typology-Chemistry-Physics-Constitution. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 513 pp. Google Scholar Schenk, H.J. et al. (1990) Structural modification of virtinite and alginite concentrates during pyrolytic maturation at different heating rates. Org. Geochem., 16, 943–50. Google Scholar Sweeney, J.J. and Burnham, A.K. (1990) Evolution of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 74, 1559–70. Google Scholar Taylor, G.H. et al. (1998) Organic Petrology. Stuttgart: Gebrüder Bornträger, 704 pp. Google Scholar Cross-references Biomarker: coals ; Coal: organic petrography ; Coal: origin and diagenesis ; Coal: types and characteristics ; Occurrence of organic facies ; Organic geochemistry ; Peat ; Rock-eval pyrolysis Download references

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van Krevelen, D.W. (1961) Coal. Typology-Chemistry-Physics-Constitution. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 513 pp. Google Scholar Schenk, H.J. et al. (1990) Structural modification of virtinite and alginite concentrates during pyrolytic maturation at different heating rates. Org. Geochem., 16, 943–50. Google Scholar Sweeney, J.J. and Burnham, A.K. (1990) Evolution of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 74, 1559–70. Google Scholar Taylor, G.H. et al. (1998) Organic Petrology. Stuttgart: Gebrüder Bornträger, 704 pp. Google Scholar Cross-references Biomarker: coals ; Coal: organic petrography ; Coal: origin and diagenesis ; Coal: types and characteristics ; Occurrence of organic facies ; Organic geochemistry ; Peat ; Rock-eval pyrolysis Download references

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van Krevelen, D.W. (1961) Coal. Typology-Chemistry-Physics-Constitution. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 513 pp. Google Scholar Schenk, H.J. et al. (1990) Structural modification of virtinite and alginite concentrates during pyrolytic maturation at different heating rates. Org. Geochem., 16, 943–50. Google Scholar Sweeney, J.J. and Burnham, A.K. (1990) Evolution of a simple model of vitrinite reflectance based on chemical kinetics. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 74, 1559–70. Google Scholar Taylor, G.H. et al. (1998) Organic Petrology. Stuttgart: Gebrüder Bornträger, 704 pp. Google Scholar Cross-references Biomarker: coals ; Coal: organic petrography ; Coal: origin and diagenesis ; Coal: types and characteristics ; Occurrence of organic facies ; Organic geochemistry ; Peat ; Rock-eval pyrolysis Download references

Key concepts: Vitrinite reflectance, Vitrinite, Maturity (psychological), Coal, Reflectivity, Maceral, Geology, Mineralogy

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