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Organic petrography is the study of the organic constituents, known as macerals, in sedimentary rocks, that is, the description and terminology of the properties of the organic matter, whether the rocks be, for example, coal, petroleum source-rocks and oil shales (all of which contain abundant organic matter) or limestone, sandstone and shale (all with minor dispersed organic matter (DOM)).
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Hutton, A.C. (1995). Organic Petrography: Principles and Techniques. In: Snape, C. (eds) Composition, Geochemistry and Conversion of Oil Shales. NATO ASI Series, vol 455. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0317-6_1
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