Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 1 Conditions and results of maturation experiments

From: Laboratory organic matter maturation at high pressures: heat-up effect on vitrinite reflectance

Run no.	P (bar)	T ^ehu (°C)	VR ^ehu (%)	s _VR ^ehu (%)	N
RLB–e77	5,000	300	0.319	0.022	330
RLB–e37	10,000	175	0.159	0.015	140
RLB–e31	10,000	240	0.163	0.017	260
RLB–e78	10,000	300	0.250	0.010	80
RLB–e103	10,000	400	0.647	0.022	170
RLB–e57	10,000	450	0.708	0.019	120
RLB–e104	20,000	400	0.589	0.017	170
RLB–e68	20,000	450	0.628	0.015	120
RLB–e85	25,000	450	0.592	0.022	100

P, pressure; T ^ehu, temperature attained at the end of heat-up; VR ^ehu, measured vitrinite reflectance at the end of heat-up to temperature T ^ehu at pressure P; s _VR ^ehu, standard deviation of VR ^ehu; N, number of measurements

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