Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 390-392.

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Advances on Organic Matter Preservation by Clay in Source Rock

FAN Fu, YE Wen-qing, CAI Jin-gong, BAO Yu-jin   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • Received:2008-10-08 Revised:2008-12-22 Online:2009-06-01 Published:2020-10-29

Abstract: It is ubiquitous in nature that organic matter is chronically preserved by combining with clay. The article summarizes the studied results of relationship between clay and organic matter, including the related quantity, type and othemess of it for the purpose of promoting in-depth studies on the preserving way of organic clay complex and the mechanism of hydrocarbon generation.

Key words: organic matter, clay, source rock, organic clay complex

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