Dolomite fluorescence Red/Green quotient:A potential new thermal maturity indicator

• Published in: International Journal of Coal Geology
• Main Authors: Haeri-Ardakani, Omid, Sanei, Hamed
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Dolomite fluorescence color; Red/Green Quotient; Thermal maturity; Utica Shale; Montney Formation; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; WEST-CENTRAL ALBERTA; CARBONATE PETROGRAPHY; DOLOMITIZATION; SEDIMENTARY; VITRINITE; ROCKS; BASIN; REFLECTANCE; GRAPTOLITES; Arctic; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Lambda; Montney; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/dolomite-fluorescence-redgreen-quotient(a52bf610-1c40-4380-9c25-e726337d0944).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2014.12.005

Geochemical and petrographic effects of burial temperature on sedimentary organic matter have long been recognized and used as various thermal maturity indicators (i.e., pyrolysis T-max, conodont and spore coloration, vitrinite/bitumen/zoodast reflectance), and fluorescent spectrometry (i.e., lambda...