1. Standardization of reflectance measurements in dispersed organic matter: Results of an exercise to improve interlaboratory agreement
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Maria Mastalerz, Igor Viegas Alves Fernandes de Souza, Deolinda Flores, Paula Alexandra Gonçalves, Iwona Jelonek, Isabel Suárez-Ruiz, Genaro De La Rosa Rodriguez, Mark J. Pawlewicz, A. Bouzinos, Alan C. Cook, Ivana Sýkorová, Kees Kommeren, Julito Reyes, Jane Newman, Paul C. Hackley, Harold Read, Wayne R. Knowles, Cortland F. Eble, Mária Hámor-Vidó, W. Pickel, Brett J. Valentine, Ioannis K. Oikonomopoulos, Taíssa Rêgo Menezes, Thomas Gentzis, Jolanta Kus, Brian J. Cardott, Carla Viviane Araujo, Angeles G. Borrego, João Graciano Mendonça Filho, P. Ranasinghe, and Judith Potter
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Vitrinite reflectance ,Standardization ,Stratigraphy ,Mineralogy ,Geology ,Oceanography ,Reflectivity ,Geophysics ,chemistry ,Standard test ,Economic Geology ,Organic matter ,Hydrocarbon exploration ,Vitrinite ,Oil shale - Abstract
Vitrinite reflectance generally is considered the most robust thermal maturity parameter available for application to hydrocarbon exploration and petroleum system evaluation. However, until 2011 there was no standardized methodology available to provide guidelines for vitrinite reflectance measurements in shale. Efforts to correct this deficiency resulted in publication of ASTM D7708: Standard test method for microscopical determination of the reflectance of vitrinite dispersed in sedimentary rocks .I n 2012e2013, an interlaboratory exercise was conducted to establish precision limits for the D7708 measurement
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- 2015
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