Type I kerogen

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Highly oil-prone organic matter having Rock-Eval pyrolysis hydrogen indices greater than 600 mg hydrocarbon\g TOC when thermally immature; contains algal and bacterial input dominated by amorphous liptinite macerals; common in both marine and lacustrine settings; type I pathway on Van Krevelen diagrams.[1]


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References

  1. 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.