Selection of MSSV Pyrolysis Publications

• Horsfield, B., Disko, U. and Leistner, F. 1989. The micro-scale simulation of maturation: Outline of a new technique and its potential applications. Geologische Rundschau 78/1, 361-374. THE METHOD
• Tegelaar, E.W., Matthezing, R.M., Jansen, B.H., Horsfield, B. and de Leeuw, J.W. 1989. Possible origin of n-alkanes in high-wax crude oils. Nature 342, No. 6249, 529-531 . BIOLOGICAL INPUTS IN CRUDE OILS
• Dueppenbecker, S. and Horsfield, B. 1990. Compositional information for kinetic modelling and petroleum type prediction. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1989. Edited by Durand B. and Bhar F. Pergamon Journals Oxford 259-266. KINETICS
• Horsfield, B., Heckers, J., Leythaeuser, D., Littke, R. and Mann,U. 1991 A study of the Holzener Asphaltkalk, Northern Germany: Observations regarding the distribution, composition and origin of organic matter in an exhumed petroleum reservoir. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 8, 198-211. RESERVOIR GEOCHEMISTRY
• van Aarssen, B.G.K., de Leeuw, J.W. and Horsfield,B. 1991. A comparative study of three different pyrolysis methods used to characterise a biopolymer isolated from fossil and extant Dammar resins. J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 20, 125-139. FOSSIL RESIN MATURATION
• Horsfield B. and Dppenbecker, S.J. (1991) The decomposition of Posidonia Shale and Green River Shale kerogens using Microscale Sealed Vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis. J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 20, 107-123. MORE ON THE METHOD
• Muscio, G.P.A., Horsfield, B. and Welte, D.H. 1991. Compositional changes in the macromolecular organic matter (kerogens, asphaltenes and resins) of a naturally matured source rock sequence from northern Germany as revealed by pyrolysis methods. In: Organic Geochemistry Advances and Applications in the Natural Environment (Edited by Manning D.A.C.), 447-449, Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York. EARLY GAS GENERATION
• Horsfield, B., Bharati, S., Larter, S.R., Leistner, F., Littke, R., Schenk, H.J. and Dypvik, H. (1992). On the atypical petroleum-generating characteristics of alginite in the Cambrian Alum Shale. In: M. Schidlowski et al (eds) Early Organic Evolution: Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources", 257-266, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg DEAD CARBON FORMATION
• Horsfield, B., Schenk, H.J., Mills, N. and Welte, D.H. 1992 Investigation of the in-reservoir conversion of oil to gas: compositional and kinetic findings from closed-system programmed-temperature pyrolysis. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1991 Edited by Eckardt, Ch. et al., Organic Geochemistry 19, 191-204. OIL-TO-GAS CRACKING KINETICS
• Horsfield B., Dppenbecker, S.J., Schenk, H.J. and Schaefer, R.G. (1993) Kerogen typing concepts designed for the quantitative geochemical evaluation of petroleum potential. In: Basin modelling; Advances and applications edited by Dor A.G., Augustson J.H., Hermanrud C., Steward D.J. and Sylta O. Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publication 3, 243-249. REVIEW OF NEW APPLICATIONS
• Schenk H.J. and Horsfield B. 1993 Kinetics of Petroleum Generation from Open versus Closed System Pyrolysis Experiments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 623-630. MECHANISMS OF PYROLYSIS
• Hall K., Horsfield B. and Mills N. (1993) On the feasibility of coupling microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis, gas chromatography and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for studying the thermal degradation of crude oil into natural gas. In: Organic Geochemistry. Poster sessions from the 16th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Stavanger 1993 (Edited by K. Oygard), Falch Hurtigtrykk, Oslo, 794-797. COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPES OF MSSV PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
• Jochum J., Friedrich G., Germann A., Horsfield B., Leistner F. and Pickel W. (1994) Occurrence of hydrocarbons in ore minerals of the Triassic sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits Maubach and Mechernich, Germany. In: Economic Geology in Europe and Beyond II: Models for Mineral Deposits in Sedimentary Basins. Edited by R.P. Foster, 25-27, BGS/IMM, Nottingham and London. SAME INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS OF FLUID INCLUSIONS BY THERMOVAPORISATION
• Muscio G., Horsfield B. and Welte D.H. (1994) The Bakken in-source reservoir system - new findings on organofacies and petroleum generation. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry. Edited by ygard K. et al. Org. Geochem. 22, 3-5, 461-476. EARLY GAS GENERATION
• Horsfield B., Curry D.J., Bohacs K., Littke R., Rullktter J., Schenk H.J., Radke M., Schaefer R.G., Carroll A.R., Isaksen G. and Witte E.G. (1994) Organic geochemistry of freshwater and alkaline lacustrine environments, Green River Shale, Wyoming. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1993. Edited by ygard K. et al. Org. Geochem. 22, 3-5, 415-440. ORGANOFACIES-PETROLEUM TYPE PREDICTIONS
• Schenk H.J. and Horsfield B. (1995) Simulating the conversion of oil into gas in reservoirs: the influence of frequency factors on kinetic predictions. In: Organic Geochemistry: Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History. Selected Papers from the 17th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Donostia-San Sebastin, The Basque Country, Spain (Edited by Grimalt J.O. and Dorronsoro C.), AIGOA, Donostia-San Sebastian, 1102-1103. KINETICS
• Idiz E., Kroo B.M., Horsfield B., Littke R. and Mller B. (1995) Generation of hydrocarbon gases and molecular nitrogen from coals. In: Organic Geochemistry: Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History. Selected Papers from the 17th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Donostia-San Sebastin, The Basque Country, Spain (Edited by Grimalt J.O. and Dorronsoro C.), AIGOA, Donostia-San Sebastian, 1089-1091. NATURAL GAS GENERATION FROM COAL
• Germann A., Jochum,J., Friedrich G. and Horsfield B. (1995) The sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits of Maubach/Mechernich - a case history of thermochemical sulphate reduction. Third Biennial SGA Meeting (Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits). Mineral Deposits: From their Origin to their Environmental Impacts. Prague, Czech Republic, August 28-31, 1995. FLUID INCLUSIONS
• Jochum J., Germann A., Friedrich G., Horsfield B. and Pickel W. (1995). Mechanical decrepitation coupled with gas chromatography - a new method for the determination of hydrocarbons in ore minerals. Third Biennial SGA Meeting (Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits). Mineral Deposits: From their Origin to their Environmental Impacts. Prague, Czech Republic, August 28-31, 1995. FLUID INCLUSIONS
• Muscio G.P.A. and Horsfield B. (1996) Neoformation of Inert Carbon during the Natural Maturation of a marine source rock; Bakken Shale, Williston Basin. Energy and Fuels 10, 10-18 DEAD CARBON FORMATION CRITIQUE OF MASS BALANCE MODELS
• Horsfield B. (1997) The bulk composition of first-formed petroleum in source rocks. In: Petroleum and Basin Evolution (Edited by Welte D.H., Horsfield B. and Baker D.R.), 335-402, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg PYROLYSIS OVERVIEW ARTICLE
• Horsfield B., R. di Primio, H-J. Schenk, A-Y. Huc, C. Magnier, F. Bhar, A. Prinzhofer, S.R. Larter, B. Bennett, G. Pusch, J.R. Weber, V. Reitenbach, R. Dawe, M. Pingo-Almada, H. Skurdal, J.I. Jensen, . Sylta, O. Frigrd, E. H. Stenby and S. Gommesen 1997 The formation and migration of thermogenic gases and condensates in carrier/reservoir systems. In: The Strategic Importance of Oil and Gas Technology. Proceedings of the 5th European Union Hydrocarbons Symposium, Edinburgh, November 26-28, 1996, Centre for Marine and Petroleum Technology Ltd (Aberdeen), 1200-1213 OIL-TO-GAS CRACKING
• Schenk H.J., di Primio R. and Horsfield B. 1997 The conversion of oil into gas. Part 1: Comparative kinetic investigation of gas generation from crude oils of lacustrine, marine and fluviodeltaic origin by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis. Org. Geochem. 26, 467-481. OIL-TO-GAS CRACKING IN RESERVOIRS
• Jochum J., Horsfield B. and Bechtel A. 1997 Kohlenwasserstoffe in variskischer und postvariskischer Buntmetallmineralisation des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges -Herkunft und Einflu auf die Lagerstttenbildung. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Beih. Z. Eur. J. Mineral. 9,1, 171. FLUID INCLUSIONS
• Germann A., Jochum J., Friedrich G. and Horsfield B. 1997 Die sandsteingebundenen Pb-Zn-Vorkommen von Maubach und Mechernich ein Beispiel thermochemischer Sulfatreduktion. Exkurs. Fuhre Oberrhein. Geol. Ver. 118 Jahr. Tag., 13-29. FLUID INCLUSIONS
• Germann A., Jochum J., Friedrich G. and Horsfield B. 1997 The sandstone-hosted lead-zinc deposits of Maubach/Mechernich a new genetic model based on thermochemical sulfate reduction. Zbl. Geol. Palont.Teil I, 1995, H. 11/12, 1133-1139. FLUID INCLUSIONS
• Dieckmann V., Horsfield B., Schenk H.J., and Welte D.H. 1998 Kinetics of petroleum generation and cracking by programmed-temperature closed-system pyrolysis of Posidonia Shale. Fuel 77, 23-31 GAS FROM OVERMATURE SOURCE ROCKS
• Sinninghe-Damst J.S., Kohnen M.E.L. and Horsfield B. (1998) Origin of low molecular weight alkylthiophenes in pyrolysates of sulphur-rich kerogens as revealed by micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis. Org. Geochem. 29, 1891-1903. SULPHUR GEOCHEMISTRY
• Boreham C.J., Horsfield B. and Schenk H.J. (1999) Predicting the quantities of oil and gas generated from Australian Permian coals, Bowen Basin using pyrolysis methods. Mar. Petrol. Geol. 16, 165-188. GAS GENERATION FROM COAL
• Hall P.A., Watson A.F.R., Garver G.V., Hall K., Smith S., Waterman D. and Horsfield B. (1999). An investigation of micro-scale sealed vessel thermal extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (MSSV-GC-MS) and micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry applied to a standard reference material of an urban dust/organics. The Science of the Total Environment 235, 269-276. ANALYSIS OF URBAN DUST
• Waterman D., Horsfield B., Leistner F., Hall K. and Smith S. (2000) Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM1649A) Urban Dust Using Thermal Desorption GC/MS. Anal. Chem. 72 (15) 3563-3567 ANALYSIS OF URBAN DUST
• Dieckmann V., Schenk H.J., Horsfield B. (2000) Assessing the overlap of primary and secondary reactions by closed- versus open-system pyrolysis of marine kerogens, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 56 (1), 33 - 46. PYROLYSIS MECHANISMS
• Dieckmann V., Horsfield B. and Schenk H.J. (2000) Heating rate dependency of petroleum-forming reactions: implications for compositional kinetic predictions. In: Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1999 (Edited by Yalcin et al.), Organic Geochemistry 31, 1333-1348 PYROLYSIS MECHANISMS
• Waterman, D., Horsfield B., Hall K. and Smith S. (2001) Application of micro-sealed vessel-thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the organic analysis of airborne particulate matter: linearity, reproducibility and quantification. Journal of Chrom A, 912, 143-150 ANALYSIS OF URBAN DUST