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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Paul C. Hackley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Celeste D. Lohr</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts u-font-serif"&gt;&lt;div id="ab0005" class="abstract author" lang="en"&gt;&lt;div id="as0005"&gt;&lt;p id="sp0110"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Vitrinite reflectance&amp;nbsp;(VR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;; %) generally is considered the most reliable technique to determine the&amp;nbsp;thermal maturity&amp;nbsp;of sedimentary rocks. However, it is a time-consuming process to collect reflectance (R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;; %) measurements and is subjective to the interpretation of each trained technician, who must be able to discern between&amp;nbsp;vitrinite&amp;nbsp;and solid&amp;nbsp;bitumen&amp;nbsp;and other organic matter types. Inadvertent misidentification of solid bitumen for vitrinite can lead to reports of ‘suppressed’ VR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;, especially at lower thermal maturities (&amp;lt; 1.0% R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Programmed&amp;nbsp;pyrolysis&amp;nbsp;data, such as T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;max&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and hydrogen index (HI), are comparatively inexpensive and more time-efficient to obtain than R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;data and are determined by instrument settings, rather than by operator decision, and are therefore independent of operator-based training or experience bias. This study uses&amp;nbsp;hydrous pyrolysis&amp;nbsp;(HP) residues from various coals and shales to relate measured VR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and solid bitumen reflectance (BR&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;; %) values to their respective T&lt;sub&gt;max&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and HI values and determines whether these relationships can be used as a proxy to calculate R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in naturally matured samples. Although the estimation of R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is not always accurate, the results demonstrate that relational equations for shales and coals derived from the T&lt;sub&gt;max&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and HI data of HP residues can effectively calculate R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in natural series. Approximately 60% of calculated R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from T&lt;sub&gt;max&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and 83% of calculated R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from HI relational equations are within interlaboratory reproducibility limits (± 0.2% shale BR&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;; ± 0.06% coal VR&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;) when compared to their respective measured R&lt;sub&gt;o&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;values from natural series. Variables that may affect accuracy of the applied relational equations include variable sedimentary organic matter composition of samples, differences of maturation reaction kinetics of the sedimentary organic matter in experimental versus natural settings, and decreasing reliability of all thermal proxy measurements at higher maturities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/j.coal.2021.103768</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Relating Tmax and hydrogen index to vitrinite and solid bitumen reflectance in hydrous pyrolysis residues: Comparisons to natural thermal indices</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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