Total Organic Carbon - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
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WEBTotal Organic Carbon. TOC, is the amount of organic carbon present in a source rock expressed as a weight percent. It is a proxy for the total amount of organic matter present in the sediment ( Ronov, 1958) and used as an indicator of source richness with respect to how much hydrocarbon the sediment may generate.
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