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| {{about|the term used in petroleum geology|the term used in biology|Catagenesis (biology)}}
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| '''Catagenesis''' is a term used in [[petroleum geology]] to describe the [[cracking (chemistry)|cracking]] process which results in the conversion of organic [[kerogen]]s into [[hydrocarbon]]s.
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| ==Theoretical reaction==
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| This [[chemical reaction]] is believed to be a [[time]], [[temperature]] and [[pressure]] dependent process which creates liquid and/or gaseous hydrocarbon Hc from primary kerogen X and can be summarised using the formula:
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| :<math>X_0 \rightarrow Hc + X(t)</math>
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| where X<sub>0</sub> is the initial kerogen [[concentration]] and X(t) is the kerogen concentration at time t.
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| It is generally held that the dependence on pressure is negligible, such that the process of catagenesis can be given as a first-order [[differential equation]]:
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| : <math>\frac{dX}{dt} = - \kappa X</math>
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| where X is the reactant (kerogen) and κ is the [[reaction rate constant]] which introduces the temperature-dependence via the [[Arrhenius equation]].
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| ==Important parameters==
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| Several generally unrecognized but important controlling parameters of metamorphism have been suggested.<ref name="Price1997">{{cite journal
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| | last = Price
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| | first = Leigh C.
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| | title = Minimum Thermal Stability Levels and Controlling Parameters of Methane, As Determined by C<sub>15</sub>+ Hydrocarbon Thermal Stabilities
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| | journal = Geologic controls of deep natural gas resources in the United States (USGS Bulletin 2146)
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| | pages = 139–176
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| | publisher = USGS
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| |year= 1997
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| | url = http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/b/b2146
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| | accessdate = 2006-10-10 }}</ref>
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| * The absence or presence of water in the system, because hydrocarbon-thermal destruction is significantly suppressed in the presence of water.
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| * Increasing fluid pressure strongly suppresses all organic-matter metamorphism.
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| * Product escape from reaction sites, as lack of product escape retards metamorphism.
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| * Increasing temperature as the principal driver of reactions.
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| ==Future Work==
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| A great deal of future research is required to isolate the parameters which are most significant for inducing the Catagenetic process. Future work in the field will involve the following:
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| * Establishing the precise relationship between burial time and hydrocarbon cracking.
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| * Determining how hydrogen from water is ultimately incorporated in kerogen.
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| * Establishing the effect of regional shearing.
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| * Determining how static fluid pressure affects hydrocarbon generation. Some experiments have demonstrated that static fluid pressure may explain the presence of hydrocarbon concentrations at depths where their composition would not otherwise be expected.
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| * Many measurements of hydrocarbon content in sample rocks have been done at atmospheric pressure. This ignores the loss of large amounts of hydrocarbons during depressurization. Rock samples at atmospheric pressure have been measured at 0.11–2.13 percent of samples at formation pressure. Observations at well sites include fizzing of rock chips and oil films covering [[drilling mud]] pits.
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| * Types of organic matter can not be ignored. Different types of organic matter have different chemical bonds, bond strength patterns, and thus different activation energies.
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| * C<sub>15</sub>+ hydrocarbons are stable at much higher temperatures than predicted by first-order reaction kinetics.*
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| For example, while it was once assumed that catagenetic processes were [[first-order reactions]], some research has shown that this may not be the case.<ref name="Price1997" />
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Diagenesis]]
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| *[[Fossil fuel]]s
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| *[[Metamorphic reaction]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Catagenesis (Geology)}}
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| [[Category:Petroleum geology]]
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| [[Category:Fossil fuels]]
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55 yr old Sculptor Ekberg from Carp, likes to spend time fishing, diet and textiles. Gains inspiration through travel and just spent 7 days at Hwaseong Fortress.