Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata as Oil-prone Source Rocks?
Product code: SP077
Print publication date: 31/01/1994
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Resources and Economic Geology, Stratigraphy
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9780903317993
Author/Edited by: Edited by A.C. Scott and A.J. Fleet
Weight: 0.59kg
Number of pages: 208
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/77/1
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Special Publication 77
The role of coal and coal-bearing strata in the formation of oil has long been debated. Increasing evidence is being provided, mainly from geochemical data, that coal and coal-bearing strata, at least of some ages and in some places , may give rise to significant quantities of oil. Most arguments concerning oil formation from terrigenous organic matter have been based on an examination of a single source of data (e.g. geochemistry). Many research areas have, however, an impact on the debate including geochemistry, palaeobotany, petroleum and coal geology. The need for a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the problem is highlighted by this volume.
This volume will be of interest to all geologists, geochemists and palaeobotanists with interests in petroleum or coal geology, and to both those in industry and academia. It will act as a focus for future research on the general area of petroleum-source rocks and oil-prone coals, in particular.
FLEET, A. J. & SCOTT, A. C. Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: an overview
General studies
POWELL, T. G. & BOREHAM, C. J. Terrestrially sourced oils: where do they exist and what are our limits of knowledge?
COLLINSON, M. E., VAN BERGEN, P. F., ScoTT, A. C. & DE LEEUW, J. W. The oil- generating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing strata through time: a review with new evidence from Carboniferous plants
PHILP, P. R. Geochemical characteristics of oils derived predominantly from terrigenous source materials
STOUT, S. A. Chemical heterogeneity among adjacent coal microlithotypes - implications for oil generation and primary migration from humic coal
MACGREGOR, D. S. Coal-bearing strata as source rocks - a global overview
Case histories
THOMPSON, S., COOPER, B. S. & BARNARD, P. C. Some examples and possible explanations for oil generation from coals and coaly sequences
MATCHETTE-DOWNES, C. J., FALLICK, A. E., KARMAJAYA, & ROWLAND, S. A maturity and palaeoenvironmental assessment of condensates and oils from the North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia
CURRY, D. J., EMMET'r, J. K. & HUNT, J. W. Geochemistry of aliphatic-rich coals in the Cooper Basin, Australia, and Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: implications for the occurrence of potentially oil-generative coals
BAGGE, M. A. & KEELY, M. L. The oil potential of Mid-Jurassic coals in northern Egypt
SCOTT, A. C. & FLEET, A. J. Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks: current problems and future directions
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