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Table 2 Vitrinite reflectance and illite “crystallinity”-indices measured at different laboratories

From: Standardisation, calibration and correlation of the Kübler-index and the vitrinite/bituminite reflectance: an inter-laboratory and field related study

(a) Vitrinite reflectance

(b) Illite crystallinity

VRo Bochum

VRmax Aachen-Darmstadt

IC Hbrel Bochum

KI mm Basel

KI ∆° 2θ Frankfurt

KI ∆° 2θ Kübler standards

Zone transitions

2.7

2.6

222 ± 20

5.8

0.43 ± 0.04

0.42

Diagenesis/Anchizone

4.1

3.9

175 ± 15

4.7

0.36 ± 0.02

0.33

Low/High Anchizone

5.5

5.3

125 ± 10

3.7

0.24 ± 0.01

0.25

Anchizone/Epizone

  1. The IC and KI values are correlated with the Kübler standards