Natural and laboratory-simulated thermal geochemical processes / edited by Raphael Ikan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ikan, Raphael, 1927-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic geochemistry.

Thermochemistry.

Physical Description:

viii, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

"Natural and Laboratory-Simulated Thermal GeochemicalProcesses" compares a series of thermal natural geochemical eventswith thermally laboratory-simulated processes. The emphasis is on thegeothermal events occurring in nature compared with those simulated inthe laboratory, thus furnishing important information at the molecularlevel for such processes. The book covers the following topics: This book updates the academic and industrial scientific communitywith the fate of organic and inorganic matter in our environment andespecially in the geosphere when subjected to thermal treatment undernatural and laboratory-simulation processes.The book is of interest to researchers in chemistry, geology, engineering, petrology, energy, and analytical laboratories, as wellas for students specialising in the chemistry of natural products andgeochemistry.

Contents:

1. Petroleum generation, extraction and migration and abiogenic synthesis in hydrothermal systems / B. R. T. Simoneit 1

2. Thermal cracking of petroleum / J. G. Speight 31

3. Thermochemical reactions of middle rank coals / Y. Zhuo, A. A. Herod, R. Kandiyoti 53

4. Thermal transformation of soil organic matter by natural fires and laboratory-controlled heatings / F. J. Gonzalez-Vila, G. A. Almendros 153

5. High temperature pyrolysis of oil shales / M. Levy 201

6. Formation of young kerogen: protein-based melanoidins hypothesis and heating experiments under mild conditions / R. Ishiwatari 217

7. Natural and laboratory-simulated geothermal and geochemical processes / D. Levitte, Y. Greitzer 239

8. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) in the study of thermal reactions of organo-clay complexes / S. Yariv 253

9. The use of thermal analytical methods in organic geochemistry / P. Philp 297

10. On the dissipation of thermal and chemical energies on the early Earth / M. J. Russell, A. J. Hall, A. R. Mellersh 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402013442

OCLC:

52288658