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| − | The energy required for chemical transformations, commonly expressed in kilocalories per mole or kilojoules per mole. Activation energy distributions are used in maturation modeling to calculate the degree of transformation of kerogen in the source rock to oil and gas.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, 2012, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/hedberg4/INTRODUCTION/INTRODUCTION.HTM An overview of basin and petroleum system modeling: Definitions and concepts], ''in'' Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, eds., Basin modeling: New horizons in research and applications: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1106 AAPG Hedberg Series no. 4], p. 1-16.</ref> | + | The energy required for chemical transformations, commonly expressed in kilocalories per mole or kilojoules per mole. Activation energy distributions are used in maturation modeling to calculate the degree of transformation of [[kerogen]] in the source rock to oil and gas.<ref name=Petersetal_2012>Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, 2012, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/hedberg4/INTRODUCTION/INTRODUCTION.HTM An overview of basin and petroleum system modeling: Definitions and concepts], ''in'' Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, eds., Basin modeling: New horizons in research and applications: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1106 AAPG Hedberg Series no. 4], p. 1-16.</ref> |
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The energy required for chemical transformations, commonly expressed in kilocalories per mole or kilojoules per mole. Activation energy distributions are used in maturation modeling to calculate the degree of transformation of kerogen in the source rock to oil and gas.[1]
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- ↑ Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, 2012, An overview of basin and petroleum system modeling: Definitions and concepts, in Peters, Kenneth E., David J. Curry, and Marek Kacewicz, eds., Basin modeling: New horizons in research and applications: AAPG Hedberg Series no. 4, p. 1-16.