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Detlev Leythaeuser

Detlev Leythaeuser

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6474
World Ranking
5521
National Ranking
392

Overview

Detlev Leythaeuser is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their academic profile, as presented, does not include a documented list of published papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues, which limits detailed insight into specific research outputs or collaborative networks.

There are no records of book publications or awards associated with this researcher. Similarly, data regarding main fields, subfields, and specific research topics related to their work are not available.

The absence of these elements means that a comprehensive view of Leythaeuser's academic contributions in terms of research themes or disciplinary focus cannot be delineated here. However, their connection to the University of Cologne suggests engagement with the academic community in Germany.

Best Publications

  • Aromatic components of coal: relation of distribution pattern to rank

    Matthias Radke;Helmut Willsch;Detlev Leythaeuser;Marlies Teichmüller

  • Composition of soluble organic matter in coals: relation to rank and liptinite fluorescence

    Matthias Radke;Rainer G. Schaefer;Detlev Leythaeuser;Marlies Teichmüller

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

    R Littke;U Klussmann;B Krooss;D Leythaeuser

  • 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)

    J Rullkötter;D Leythaeuser;B Horsfield;R Littke

  • Relationship between rank and composition of aromatic hydrocarbons for coals of different origins

    Matthias Radke;Detlev Leythaeuser;Marlies Teichmüller

  • Role of Diffusion in Primary Migration of Hydrocarbons

    Detlev Leythaeuser;Rainer G. Schaefer;Arif Yukler

  • Temperature dependency of long-chain alkenone distributions in recent to fossil limnic sediments and in lake waters

    Klaus-G Zink;Detlev Leythaeuser;Michael Melkonian;Lorenz Schwark

  • Generation and migration of light hydrocarbons (C2C7) in sedimentary basins

    D. Leythaeuser;R.G. Schaefer;C. Cornford;B. Weiner

  • Keys to the depositional history of the Posidonia Shale (Toarcian) in the Hils Syncline, northern Germany

    R. Littke;D. Leythaeuser;J. Rullkötter;D. R. Baker

  • Geochemical effects of primary migration of petroleum in Kimmeridge source rocks from Brae field area, North Sea. I: Gross composition of C15+-soluble organic matter and molecular composition of C15+-saturated hydrocarbons

    D Leythaeuser;R.G Schaefer;M Radke

  • A Novel Approach for Recognition and Quantification of Hydrocarbon Migration Effects in Shale-Sandstone Sequences

    Detlev Leythaeuser;Andrew Mackenzie;Rainer G. Schaefer;Malvin Bjoroy

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

    R Littke;D.R Baker;D Leythaeuser

  • Effects of weathering on organic matter in shales

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  • Experimental measurements of the diffusion parameters of light hydrocarbons in water-saturated sedimentary rocks—II. Results and geochemical significance

    B.M. Krooss;D. Leythaeuser

  • A novel sequential extraction system for whole core plug extraction in a solvent flow-through cell — application to extraction of residual petroleum from an intact pore-system in secondary migration studies

    L. Schwark;D. Stoddart;C. Keuser;B. Spitthoff

  • Expulsion of petroleum hydrocarbons from shale source rocks

    A. S. Mackenzie;Detlev Leythaeuser;Rainer G. Schaefer;Malvin Bjorøy

  • Carbon–sulfur–iron relationships and δ13C of organic matter for late Albian sedimentary rocks from the North Atlantic Ocean: paleoceanographic implications

    Peter Hofmann;Werner Ricken;Lorenz Schwark;Detlev Leythaeuser

  • Efficiency of petroleum expulsion from shale source rocks

    D. Leythaeuser;M. Radke;R. G. Schaefer

  • Heterogeneity of oil composition within a reservoir as a reflection of accumulation history

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

    D Leythaeuser;R Littke;M Radke;R.G Schaefer

  • Migration of Oil and Gas in Coals

    R. Littke;D. Leythaeuser

  • Novel 23,28-bisnorlupanes in Tertiary sediments. Widespread occurrence of nuclear demethylated triterpanes

    Jürgen Rullkötter;Detlev Leythaeuser;Detlef Wendisch

  • Book reviewGeofluids: Origin, migration and evolution of fluids in sedimentary basins: Edited by J. PARNELL. Geological Society Special Publication No. 78. The Geological Society, London, 1994

    D. Leythaeuser;B.M. Krooss

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke RWTH Aachen University
Lorenz Schwark
Lorenz Schwark Curtin University
Jürgen Rullkötter
Jürgen Rullkötter Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Bernhard M. Krooss
Bernhard M. Krooss RWTH Aachen University
Steve Larter
Steve Larter University of Calgary
David M. McKirdy
David M. McKirdy University of Adelaide
Peter J Müller
Peter J Müller University of Bremen
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer University of Leoben
Michael Melkonian
Michael Melkonian Max Planck Society

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