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的生烃显微组分是孢子、角质、藻、沥青质、脂、基质镜质等，而树脂、木栓质等早期低熟生油组分含量很低。