5 - Diagenesis

Organic Diagenesis• Buried organic matter also undergoesdiagenetic transformations• Peat -> coal (increase in wt % carbon,decrease in “volatiles”)• Hydrocarbon generation• Type (gas or oil) depends on temperature andkerogen type• Kerogen – set of complex organic compounds,composed of varying proportions of C, H, and Ohttp://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/coal_information.htm