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A new method based on vitrinite reflectance gradient to determine paleotemperature gradient of a petroleum-bearing basin

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Based on the Arrhenius equation and Karweil method, a simulation calculation has been made on the thermal maturation of organic matter under a series of assuming paleotemperature gradients. Results show that there was a positive correlation of vitrinite reflectance gradient with paleotemperature gradient and vitrinite reflectance. According to this, a model has been established which presents the quantitative relationship between three parameters. This model can be directly applied to determining the paleotemperature gradient of a petroleum-bearing basin with the measured vitrinite reflectance.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640, Guangzhou, China

    Xianming Xiao, Zufa Liu, Jiagui Shen & Dehan Liu

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Xiao, X., Liu, Z., Shen, J. et al. A new method based on vitrinite reflectance gradient to determine paleotemperature gradient of a petroleum-bearing basin. Chin.Sci.Bull. 44, 1593–1596 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02886098

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