Organic maceral and sub-maceral characteristics of source rocks in Paleogene in the Pearl River Mouth Basin have been studied by means of compositive optics of organic petrology.

• 珠江口盆地白云凹陷文昌组和恩平组陆相烃源岩热史及成熟史研究对白云凹陷深水油气勘探具有指导意义。