A reappraisal of kerogen formation
Abstract
Comparative microscopical and chemical studies of recognizable entities in kerogen and their extant counterparts suggest a new and simple mechanism of kerogen formation which clarifies the interrelationships between extant biomass, kerogen, and fossil fuels.
- Publication:
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Pub Date:
- November 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0016-7037(89)90191-9
- Bibcode:
- 1989GeCoA..53.3103T