Mass spectral derived metalloporphyrin indices as a proxy for thermal maturity
Conference
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OSTI ID:539014
- Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL (United States)
The premier molecular index for assessing the thermal maturity(history) of a bitumen is the DPEP-to-ETIO ratio. A restatement of that data set has appeared and is the %-DPEP. This is also preferred by the present authors. These indices (D/E, %D) chronicle the relative presence, absence, and changes in that relationship for porphyrins with ({open_quotes}DPEP{close_quotes}, {open_quotes}CAP{close_quotes}) or without ({open_quotes}ETIO{close_quotes}) exocyclic cycloalkyl ring moieties. An alternative index, the Alkylation Index (Al) has received scant attention since its inception nearly 2 decades ago. This index increasingly weights the higher (>C32), more alkylated, species and ratios those to the pigments at C32 and lower. The present report is an integration of several of our past and more recent studies on sediments, shales and petroleum crudes. The application of cross-plotting %-DPEP versus Alkylation Index (%D x Al), in order to {open_quote}fine-tune{close_quote} thermal maturity assessments, for source rocks and oils is covered. Potential problems due to (1) the {open_quote}contamination{close_quote} of mature bitumen with immature biomarkers or (2) biodegradation are also discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 539014
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960807--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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