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Application of Oxyreactive Thermal Analysis to the examination of organic matter associated with rocks

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Organic matter associated with rocks was examined by means of thermal analysis using a new methodology in oxidising conditions. This procedure has been named “Oxyreactive Thermal Analysis” (OTA). The OTA results presented in this study characterise samples from sedimentary rock complexes in terms of their age, and of variations in the associated organic matter arising from different precursors and degree of severity of subsequent transformation processes to which it has been subjected.

The results of the OTA method make it possible to estimate the temperature of maturation, to describe the process of evolution of the organic matter, and to distinguish genetic features of its carbonised and metamorphosed products.

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  1. Silesian University, Bedzinska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec

    S. Cebulak

  2. Polish Geological Institute, Rakowiecka 4, 00-975, Warszawa, Poland

    A. Langier-Kuzniarowa

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Dedicated to Prof. Menachem Steinberg on the occasion of his 65th birthday

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Polish Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) for making this investigation possible. The study was funded by KBN Grant No.9S 602.005.04.

Our warmest thanks also go to Dr. I. W. Cumming for his friendly assistance and advice in drawing up the final English version of the text.

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Cebulak, S., Langier-Kuzniarowa, A. Application of Oxyreactive Thermal Analysis to the examination of organic matter associated with rocks. Journal of Thermal Analysis 50, 175–190 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01979560

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