Main macerals of hydrocarbon generation are sporinite, cutinite, alginite, bituminite, liptodetrinite and desmocollnite in source rocks from Jurassic coal measure in Northwest China.

西北地区侏罗纪煤系地层中主要的生烃显微组子、角、类、沥青、碎屑类脂、基镜等，而树脂、木栓等早期低熟生油组含量很低。