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Detecting Marine Kerogen from Western Canada Basin Using Terahertz Spectroscopy

Author(s) -

Rima Bao,

Xin Luan,

Shixiang Wu,

Xiaolu Yu,

Lunju Zheng

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

acs omega

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779

H-Index - 40

ISSN - 2470-1343

DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.8b00791

Subject(s) - kerogen , terahertz radiation , spectroscopy , terahertz spectroscopy and technology , terahertz time domain spectroscopy , principal component analysis , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , mineralogy , geology , chemistry , source rock , structural basin , environmental chemistry , physics , optoelectronics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science

In this paper, terahertz time-domain spectroscopy was employed to study the properties of marine kerogen from Western Canada Basin at various temperatures. On the basis of terahertz absorption coefficients of samples, the evolution model of oil and gas generation in kerogen was established, explained, and verified by IR and principal component analysis. In addition, the molecular models of kerogen were simulated by means of the quantum chemistry. Then the vibration characteristics of functional groups in terahertz band were analyzed, and the reasons for different absorptions of kerogen at different temperatures were explained. This study will provide a reference for thermal evolution kinetics of kerogen, as well as an effective complement to the potential evaluation of oil and gas resources.

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