Comparison of hydrocarbon compositions in a sequence of humic coals, cannel coals and oil shales from the Pictou Coalfield, Nova Scotia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- W. Püttmann; W. Kalkreuth
- Source
- Atlantic Geology. 25
- Subject
- chemistry.chemical_classification
business.industry
Mineralogy
Geology
Fluorene
Dibenzofuran
chemistry.chemical_compound
Hydrocarbon
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Cannel coal
Coal
Gas chromatography
Aromatic hydrocarbon
business
Oil shale
- Language
- ISSN
- 1718-7885
0843-5561
Thirty oil shale, cannel coal and humic coal samples from die Pennsylvanian Stellarton Group, Nova Scotia, Canada have been investigated in this study by means of organic geochemical methods including gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Hydrocarbon compositions of the solvent extracts were found to vary significantly with lithology and facies. Analysis of the saturated hydrocarbon fractions revealed that the relative amounts of long-chain alkanes (>C20) compared to those of short-chain alkanes (C20) par rapport aux alcanes à chaine courte (