AAPG Bulletin · 1974 · 207 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeologyChemical KineticsPetroleum GeologyThermodynamicsChemical ThermodynamicsHydrocarbon GenerationPetroleum GeochemistryThermal Effects In RockThermal EvolutionThermodynamics Of RocksFirst-order ReactionHydrocarbon Generation KineticsHydrocarbon KineticsTemperature Dependence Of Reaction RatesTemperature-time RelationshipsThermochronological ConstraintsTime-temperature Relationships
ABSTRACT Chemical kinetic laws for first-order reactions have been applied to the threshold of intense oil generation. If t (in millions of years) represents the age of the threshold formation and T (°K), the corresponding temperature present, t is related to T by the expression In t = 6,942 × 1/T - 14.965. This equation means that the younger the sedimentary series is, the higher is the temperature of the formation in which the intense oil-genesis phase begins.
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Principal phase of oil formation
N.B. Vassoyevich, Yu. I. Korchagina · International Geology Review · 1970 · 123 citations
J. G. McNab, P. V. Smith, R. L. Betts · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry · 1952 · 78 citations