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The role of minerals in the thermal alteration of organic matter. IV - Generation of n-alkanes, acyclic isoprenoids, and alkenes in laboratory experimentsThe effect of common sedimentary minerals (illite, Na-montmorillonite, or calcite) under different water concentrations on the generation and release of n-alkanes, acyclic isoprenoids, and select alkenes from oil-prone kerogens was investigated. Matrices containing Green River Formation kerogen or Monterey Formation kerogen, alone or in the presence of minerals, were heated at 200 or 300 C for periods of up to 1000 hours, and the pyrolysis products were analyzed. The influence of the first two clay minerals was found to be critically dependent on the water content. Under the dry pyrolysis conditions, both minerals significantly reduced alkene formation; the C12+ n-alkanes and acyclic isoprenoids were mostly destroyed by montmorillonite, but underwent only minor alteration with illite. Under hydrous conditions (mineral/water of 2/1), the effects of both minerals were substantially reduced. Calcite had no significant effect on the thermal evolution of the hydrocarbons.
Document ID
19870059102
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Huizinga, Bradley J.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Tannenbaum, Eli
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Kaplan, Isaac R.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume: 51
ISSN: 0016-7037
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A46376
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-05-007-221
Distribution Limits
Public
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