The measurement of vitrinite reflectance with MatLab

• Author(s): Fernandes, Paulo ; Luis, Joaquim ; Rodrigues, Sara ; Marques, Manuela ; Valentim, Bruno ; Flores, Deolinda
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5071
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Vitine reflectance; Matlab
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

The measurement of vitrinite reflectance is widely used as an indicator of coal rank and organic maturation in source-rock studies. This is due to the regular change in reflectance properties of the vitrinite group during coalification.