Thermal evolution behavior of the organic matter and a ray of light on the origin of vitrinite-like maceral in the Mesoproterozoic and Lower Cambrian black shales: Insights from artificial maturation

Luo, QY; Zhang, L; Zhong, NN; Wu, J; Goodarzi, F; Sanei, H; Skovsted, CB; Suchy, V; Li, MJ; Ye, XZ; Cao, WX; Liu, AJ; Min, X; Pan, YY; Yao, LP; Wu, J

Zhong, NN (corresponding author), China Univ Petr, State Key Lab Petr Resources & Prospecting, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY, 2021; 244 ():

Abstract

The overmature Precambrian to Lower Paleozoic marine shales from China contain relatively simple organic matter (OM) composition, which is dominated b......

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