List of works - Ralf Littke

A study of the Holzener Asphaltkalk, northern Germany: observations regarding the distribution, composition and origin of organic matter in an exhumed petroleum reservoir

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Alteration of organic material during maturation: A pyrolytic and infrared spectroscopic study of isolated bisaccate pollen and total organic matter (Lower Jurassic, Hils Syncline, Germany)

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Application of BIB–SEM technology to characterize macropore morphology in coal

Assessment of unconventional shale gas potential of organic-rich Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian sediments in western Germany

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BIB-SEM characterization of pore space morphology and distribution in postmature to overmature samples from the Haynesville and Bossier Shales

scholarly article by Jop Klaver published in January 2015

BIB-SEM study of the pore space morphology in early mature Posidonia Shale from the Hils area, Germany

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BIOMARKER CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL SOURCE ROCKS IN THE JABAL NAFUSAH AREA, NW LIBYA: PETROLEUM SYSTEMS SIGNIFICANCE

article by A. Abohajar et al published 20 March 2015 in Journal of Petroleum Geology

Burial history and thermal maturity of Mesozoic rocks of the Dolomites, Northern Italy

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Chemical and structural changes in vitrinites and megaspores from Carboniferous coals during maturation

Comparative organic petrology of interlayered sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and coals in the Upper Carboniferous Ruhr basin, Northwest Germany, and their thermal history and methane generation

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DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOURCE-ROCK CHARACTERISATION OF ORGANIC-MATTER RICH UPPER SANTONIAN - UPPER CAMPANIAN CARBONATES, NORTHERN LEBANON

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publication published in 2013

Evolution of Barnett Shale organic carbon structure and nanostructure with increasing maturation

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Evolution of petrophysical properties of oil shales during high-temperature compaction tests: Implications for petroleum expulsion

Experimental study of fluid transport processes in the matrix system of the European organic-rich shales: II. Posidonia Shale (Lower Toarcian, northern Germany)

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Gas saturation and CO2 enhancement potential of coalbed methane reservoirs as a function of depth

Geochemical and petrographic characterization of Campanian–Lower Maastrichtian calcareous petroleum source rocks of Hasbayya, South Lebanon

scholarly article by S. Bou Daher published in June 2015

Geochemical and petrophysical source rock characterization of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina: Implications for unconventional petroleum resource estimations

scholarly article by Maria-Fernanda Romero-Sarmiento et al published November 2017 in International Journal of Coal Geology

Geochemical and stable carbon isotopic composition of coal-related gases from the SW Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic

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Geochemical effects of petroleum migration and expulsion from Toarcian source rocks in the Hils syncline area, NW-Germany

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Geochemical focusing and burial of sedimentary iron, manganese, and phosphorus during lake eutrophication

scientific article published in 2022

Geochemistry, origin and correlation of crude oils in Lower Cretaceous sedimentary sequences of the southern Mesopotamian Basin, southern Iraq

scholarly article by Qusay Abeed et al published May 2012 in Organic Geochemistry

Geological controls on the methane storage capacity in organic-rich shales

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Hydrocarbon distribution in coals and in dispersed organic matter of different maceral compositions and maturities

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Hydrocarbon potential of Ordovician–Silurian successions in Akkas field, western desert of Iraq

Integrated charge and seal assessment in the Monagas fold and thrust belt of Venezuela

Investigations on the shale oil and gas potential of Westphalian mudstone successions in the Campine Basin, NE Belgium (well KB174): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical controls

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Late Cretaceous (Late Turonian, Coniacian and Santonian) petroleum source rocks as part of an OAE, Tarfaya Basin, Morocco

scholarly article by V.F. Sachse et al published January 2012 in Marine and Petroleum Geology

Liberation of hydrogen-containing gases during closed system pyrolysis of immature organic matter-rich shales

article published in 2018

Liberation of molecular hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) during non-isothermal pyrolysis of shales and coals: Systematics and quantification

Lithological dependency and anisotropy of vitrinite reflectance in high rank sedimentary rocks of the Ibbenbüren area, NW-Germany: Implications for the tectonic and thermal evolution of the Lower Saxony Basin

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MASS BALANCE CALCULATIONS FOR DIFFERENT MODELS OF HYDROCARBON MIGRATION IN THE JEANNE D'ARC BASIN, OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND

Maturity-related compositional changes in the low-molecular-weight hydrocarbon fraction of Toarcian shales

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Measuring the effective diffusion coefficient of dissolved hydrogen in saturated Boom Clay

Methane sorption and storage characteristics of organic-rich carbonaceous rocks, Lurestan province, southwest Iran

Microscopic and sedimentologic evidence for the generation and migration of hydrocarbons in Toarcian source rocks of different maturities

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian Black Shales at the Northern Margin of the Variscan Mountain Belt (Germany and Belgium)

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Multiphase Structural Evolution of a Continental Margin During Obduction Orogeny: Insights From the Jebel Akhdar Dome, Oman Mountains

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ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY OF A LOWER JURASSIC (PLIENSBACHIAN) PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCK FROM AÏT MOUSSA, MIDDLE ATLAS, MOROCCO

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Off-line-pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analyses of drilling fluids and drill cuttings – Identification of potential environmental marker substances

Optical thermal maturity parameters and organic geochemical alteration at low grade diagenesis to anchimetamorphism: A review

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Organic facies variability in the Posidonia Black Shale from Luxembourg: Implications for thermal maturation and depositional environment

scholarly article by Jinli Song published in September 2014

Organic geochemical characterization of Santonian to Early Campanian organic matter-rich marls (Sondage No. 1 cores) as related to OAE3 from the Tarfaya Basin, Morocco

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Organic geochemistry and petrography of Lower Cretaceous Wealden black shales of the Lower Saxony Basin: The transition from lacustrine oil shales to gas shales

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Organic geochemistry of Duckmantian (Pennsylvanian) coals from the Ruhr Basin, western Germany

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Organic matter maturation under the influence of a deep intrusive heat source: A natural experiment for quantitation of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from a petroleum source rock (Toarcian shale, northern Germany)

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Organic-geochemical characterisation of sediments from the Sakoa coalfield, Madagascar

Palaoecologic trends and petroleum potential of Upper carboniferous coal seams of western Germany as revealed by their petrographic and organic geochemical characteristics

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Paleoecological trends and petroleum potential of Upper Carboniferous coal seams of Western Germany

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Petrographical and geochemical characterization of sub-bituminous coals from mines in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, Colombia

scholarly article by Qiulei Guo et al published April 2018 in International Journal of Coal Geology

Petroleum generation and migration in coal seams of the Carboniferous Ruhr Basin, northwest Germany

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Petroleum source rocks of the Tarfaya Basin and adjacent areas, Morocco

scholarly article by Victoria F. Sachse et al published March 2011 in Organic Geochemistry

Petroleum system evolution in the inverted Lower Saxony Basin, northwest Germany: a 3D basin modeling study

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Petrological and geochemical investigations of potential source rocks of the central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo

scholarly article by Victoria F. Sachse et al published February 2012 in AAPG Bulletin

Petrology and genesis of Upper Carboniferous seams from the Ruhr region, West Germany

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Quantification of loss of calcite, pyrite, and organic matter due to weathering of Toarcian black shales and effects on kerogen and bitumen characteristics

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Reflectance of dispersed vitrinite in Palaeozoic rocks with and without cleavage: Implications for burial and thermal history modeling in the Devonian of Rursee area, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany

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SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL OF THE UPPER JURASSIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSION IN THE SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIAN BASIN, SOUTHERN IRAQ

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Shale oil potential and thermal maturity of the Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale in NW Europe

Source rock characterisation and thermal maturity of the Rupelian Fish Shale (Bodenheim Fm./Hochberg Subfm.) in the central Upper Rhine Graben

Source rock potential and depositional environment of Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, Abu Gharadig Basin, Western Desert, Egypt: An integrated palynological, organic and inorganic geochemical study

scholarly article by Bandar I. Ghassal et al published February 2018 in International Journal of Coal Geology

Source rock potential and paleoenvironment of the Miocene Rudeis and Kareem formations, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An integrated palynofacies and organic geochemical approach

scholarly article by Haytham El Atfy et al published September 2014 in International Journal of Coal Geology

Stable carbon isotope ratios of aliphatic biomarkers in Late Palaeozoic coals

Structural modifications of vitrinite and alginite concentrates during pyrolitic maturation at different heating rates. A combined infrared, 13C NMR and microscopical study

Systematics of pyrolytic N2 and CH4 release from peat and coals of different thermal maturity

Systematics of pyrolytic gas (N2, CH4) liberation from sedimentary rocks: Contribution of organic and inorganic rock constituents

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Tectono-thermal evolution of Oman's Mesozoic passive continental margin under the obducting Semail Ophiolite: a case study Jebel Akhdar, Oman

The effect of different pyrolysis temperatures on organic microfossils, vitrain and amber—A comparative study between laser assisted- and Curie Point-pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Thermal Effects of Magmatism on Surrounding Sediments and Petroleum Systems in the Northern Offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

scientific article published on 29 June 2019

Wildfires in the late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of the Southern Alps—the Anisian and Ladinian (Mid Triassic) of the Dolomites (Northern Italy)

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List of works by Ralf Littke

A study of the Holzener Asphaltkalk, northern Germany: observations regarding the distribution, composition and origin of organic matter in an exhumed petroleum reservoir

Alteration of organic material during maturation: A pyrolytic and infrared spectroscopic study of isolated bisaccate pollen and total organic matter (Lower Jurassic, Hils Syncline, Germany)

Application of BIB–SEM technology to characterize macropore morphology in coal

Assessment of unconventional shale gas potential of organic-rich Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian sediments in western Germany

BIB-SEM characterization of pore space morphology and distribution in postmature to overmature samples from the Haynesville and Bossier Shales

BIB-SEM study of the pore space morphology in early mature Posidonia Shale from the Hils area, Germany

BIOMARKER CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL SOURCE ROCKS IN THE JABAL NAFUSAH AREA, NW LIBYA: PETROLEUM SYSTEMS SIGNIFICANCE

Burial history and thermal maturity of Mesozoic rocks of the Dolomites, Northern Italy

Chemical and structural changes in vitrinites and megaspores from Carboniferous coals during maturation

Comparative organic petrology of interlayered sandstones, siltstones, mudstones and coals in the Upper Carboniferous Ruhr basin, Northwest Germany, and their thermal history and methane generation

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOURCE-ROCK CHARACTERISATION OF ORGANIC-MATTER RICH UPPER SANTONIAN - UPPER CAMPANIAN CARBONATES, NORTHERN LEBANON

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial - suggestions for authors on preparing submissions for IJCG

Evolution of Barnett Shale organic carbon structure and nanostructure with increasing maturation

Evolution of petrophysical properties of oil shales during high-temperature compaction tests: Implications for petroleum expulsion

Experimental study of fluid transport processes in the matrix system of the European organic-rich shales: II. Posidonia Shale (Lower Toarcian, northern Germany)

Gas saturation and CO2 enhancement potential of coalbed methane reservoirs as a function of depth

Geochemical and petrographic characterization of Campanian–Lower Maastrichtian calcareous petroleum source rocks of Hasbayya, South Lebanon

Geochemical and petrophysical source rock characterization of the Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina: Implications for unconventional petroleum resource estimations

Geochemical and stable carbon isotopic composition of coal-related gases from the SW Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic

Geochemical effects of petroleum migration and expulsion from Toarcian source rocks in the Hils syncline area, NW-Germany

Geochemical focusing and burial of sedimentary iron, manganese, and phosphorus during lake eutrophication

Geochemistry, origin and correlation of crude oils in Lower Cretaceous sedimentary sequences of the southern Mesopotamian Basin, southern Iraq

Geological controls on the methane storage capacity in organic-rich shales

Hydrocarbon distribution in coals and in dispersed organic matter of different maceral compositions and maturities

Hydrocarbon potential of Ordovician–Silurian successions in Akkas field, western desert of Iraq

Integrated charge and seal assessment in the Monagas fold and thrust belt of Venezuela

Investigations on the shale oil and gas potential of Westphalian mudstone successions in the Campine Basin, NE Belgium (well KB174): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical controls

Late Cretaceous (Late Turonian, Coniacian and Santonian) petroleum source rocks as part of an OAE, Tarfaya Basin, Morocco

Liberation of hydrogen-containing gases during closed system pyrolysis of immature organic matter-rich shales

Liberation of molecular hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) during non-isothermal pyrolysis of shales and coals: Systematics and quantification

Lithological dependency and anisotropy of vitrinite reflectance in high rank sedimentary rocks of the Ibbenbüren area, NW-Germany: Implications for the tectonic and thermal evolution of the Lower Saxony Basin

MASS BALANCE CALCULATIONS FOR DIFFERENT MODELS OF HYDROCARBON MIGRATION IN THE JEANNE D'ARC BASIN, OFFSHORE NEWFOUNDLAND

Maturity-related compositional changes in the low-molecular-weight hydrocarbon fraction of Toarcian shales

Measuring the effective diffusion coefficient of dissolved hydrogen in saturated Boom Clay

Methane sorption and storage characteristics of organic-rich carbonaceous rocks, Lurestan province, southwest Iran

Microscopic and sedimentologic evidence for the generation and migration of hydrocarbons in Toarcian source rocks of different maturities

Mineralogy and geochemistry of Mississippian and Lower Pennsylvanian Black Shales at the Northern Margin of the Variscan Mountain Belt (Germany and Belgium)

Multiphase Structural Evolution of a Continental Margin During Obduction Orogeny: Insights From the Jebel Akhdar Dome, Oman Mountains

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY OF A LOWER JURASSIC (PLIENSBACHIAN) PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCK FROM AÏT MOUSSA, MIDDLE ATLAS, MOROCCO

Off-line-pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analyses of drilling fluids and drill cuttings – Identification of potential environmental marker substances

Optical thermal maturity parameters and organic geochemical alteration at low grade diagenesis to anchimetamorphism: A review

Organic facies variability in the Posidonia Black Shale from Luxembourg: Implications for thermal maturation and depositional environment

Organic geochemical characterization of Santonian to Early Campanian organic matter-rich marls (Sondage No. 1 cores) as related to OAE3 from the Tarfaya Basin, Morocco

Organic geochemistry and petrography of Lower Cretaceous Wealden black shales of the Lower Saxony Basin: The transition from lacustrine oil shales to gas shales

Organic geochemistry of Duckmantian (Pennsylvanian) coals from the Ruhr Basin, western Germany

Organic matter maturation under the influence of a deep intrusive heat source: A natural experiment for quantitation of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from a petroleum source rock (Toarcian shale, northern Germany)

Organic-geochemical characterisation of sediments from the Sakoa coalfield, Madagascar

Palaoecologic trends and petroleum potential of Upper carboniferous coal seams of western Germany as revealed by their petrographic and organic geochemical characteristics

Paleoecological trends and petroleum potential of Upper Carboniferous coal seams of Western Germany

Petrographical and geochemical characterization of sub-bituminous coals from mines in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, Colombia

Petroleum generation and migration in coal seams of the Carboniferous Ruhr Basin, northwest Germany

Petroleum source rocks of the Tarfaya Basin and adjacent areas, Morocco

Petroleum system evolution in the inverted Lower Saxony Basin, northwest Germany: a 3D basin modeling study

Petrological and geochemical investigations of potential source rocks of the central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo

Petrology and genesis of Upper Carboniferous seams from the Ruhr region, West Germany

Quantification of loss of calcite, pyrite, and organic matter due to weathering of Toarcian black shales and effects on kerogen and bitumen characteristics

Reflectance of dispersed vitrinite in Palaeozoic rocks with and without cleavage: Implications for burial and thermal history modeling in the Devonian of Rursee area, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany

SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL OF THE UPPER JURASSIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS SUCCESSION IN THE SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIAN BASIN, SOUTHERN IRAQ

Shale oil potential and thermal maturity of the Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale in NW Europe

Source rock characterisation and thermal maturity of the Rupelian Fish Shale (Bodenheim Fm./Hochberg Subfm.) in the central Upper Rhine Graben

Source rock potential and depositional environment of Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, Abu Gharadig Basin, Western Desert, Egypt: An integrated palynological, organic and inorganic geochemical study

Source rock potential and paleoenvironment of the Miocene Rudeis and Kareem formations, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An integrated palynofacies and organic geochemical approach

Stable carbon isotope ratios of aliphatic biomarkers in Late Palaeozoic coals

Structural modifications of vitrinite and alginite concentrates during pyrolitic maturation at different heating rates. A combined infrared, 13C NMR and microscopical study

Systematics of pyrolytic N2 and CH4 release from peat and coals of different thermal maturity

Systematics of pyrolytic gas (N2, CH4) liberation from sedimentary rocks: Contribution of organic and inorganic rock constituents

Tectono-thermal evolution of Oman's Mesozoic passive continental margin under the obducting Semail Ophiolite: a case study Jebel Akhdar, Oman

The effect of different pyrolysis temperatures on organic microfossils, vitrain and amber—A comparative study between laser assisted- and Curie Point-pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Thermal Effects of Magmatism on Surrounding Sediments and Petroleum Systems in the Northern Offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Wildfires in the late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of the Southern Alps—the Anisian and Ladinian (Mid Triassic) of the Dolomites (Northern Italy)