Diagenesis, Catagenesis and Metagenesis of Organic Matter

Tissot, Bernard P.; Welte, Dietrich H.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-87813-8_6

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Diagenesis, Catagenesis and Metagenesis of Organic Matter

Tissot, Bernard P., Welte, Dietrich H.·1984·Petroleum Formation and Occurrence

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If hopanes and steranes in metamorphosed Archean rocks are syngenetic, they survived burial temperatures well above the oil window, about 150 °C.
“the discovery of hopanes and steranes in metamorphosed Archean rocks requires that, if these carbon skeletons are syngenetic, then they have persisted despite experiencing prolonged burial temperatures well above the end of the oil window (∼150 °C)”
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“At a vitrinite reflectance of 2% and H/C ratio of 0.5, catagenesis transitions into metagenesis, which corresponds to the dry gas zone where only methane is generated (12,36).”
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Authors: Tissot, B. P., & Welte, D. H.
Affiliations: IFP Énergies nouvelles (FR)
Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
Venue: Petroleum Formation and Occurrence
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1984
Pages: 69-73
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-87813-8_6
OpenAlex: W1485386798
Cited by: 56
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 0.00
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Keywords: diagenesis, catagenesis, metagenesis, organic matter transformation, sedimentary basins, organic-inorganic interactions, early diagenesis, mineral composition, pore water, organic liquids, thermal maturation, biological activity

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