Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks?

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks:
an overview......Page 7
Terrestrially sourced oils: where do they exist and what are
our limits of knowledge? - a geochemical perspective......Page 15
The oil-generating potential of plants from coal and coal-bearing
strata through time: a review with new evidence from
Carboniferous plants......Page 34
Geochemical characteristics of oils derived predominantly
from terrigenous source materials......Page 74
Chemical heterogeneity among adjacent coal microlithotypes - implications for oil generation and primary migration from humic coal......Page 95
Coal-bearing strata as source rocks - a global overview......Page 109
Some examples and possible explanations for oil generation
from coals and coaly sequences......Page 119
A maturity and palaeoenvironmental assessment of condensates and oils from the North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia......Page 138
Geochemistry of aliphatic-rich coals in the Cooper Basin,
Australia and Taranaki Basin, New Zealand:
implications for the occurrence of potentially
oil-generative coals......Page 148
The oil potential of Mid-Jurassic coals in northern Egypt......Page 181
Coal and coal-bearing strata as oil-prone source rocks:
current problems and future directions......Page 199
Index......Page 204
Backcover......Page 214