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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 87-92, 1990

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A NUMERICAL KEROGEN TYPE INDEX

Li Taiming* and Lu Shanfan*

* Daqing Petroleum College, Anda, Heilongjian, P.R. China.

Abstract

With the increasing importance of quantitative studies of hydrocarbon generation, an accurate classification of kerogen types is needed. On the basis of the widely-used trichotomic classification, which depends on elemental composition, a numerical kerogen type index (NKTI) has been developed; this takes the maturation level as a basic parameter and provides a numerical value to describe the composition or type of a kerogen.

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