Table 1 Results of Rock–Eval pyrolysis.

From: The study of Dominican amber-bearing sediments from Siete Cañadas and La Cumbre with a discussion on their origin

Sample

TOC

Tmax

S1

S2

S3

PI

HI

OI

MINC

PC

RC

LC1

11.13

379

0.78

4.72

11.33

0.14

42

102

0.77

0.98

10.15

LC2

10.95

388

0.69

4.72

11.17

0.13

43

102

0.71

0.96

9.99

LC3

9.92

385

0.39

2.87

10.58

0.12

29

107

0.73

0.76

9.16

SC1

1.18

425

0.09

0.51

1.42

0.14

43

120

1.02

0.12

1.06

SC2

0.75

413

0.05

0.18

1.71

0.23

24

228

0.28

0.09

0.66

SC3

2.08

335

0.41

1.12

3.2

0.27

54

154

0.5

0.28

1.8

SC4

5.11

377

0.18

0.74

8.13

0.19

14

159

0.99

0.42

4.69

  1. TOC total organic carbon, in wt.%; Tmax, temperature, in oC; S1, free hydrocarbons, in mg/g rock; S2, heavy hydrocarbons, in mg/g rock; S3, CO2 content, in mg/g rock; PI productivity index; HI hydrocarbons index, in mg/g TOC; OI oxygen index, in mg/g TOC; MINC mineral carbon, in wt.%; PC pyrolytic carbon, in wt.%; RC residual carbon, in wt.%
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