Monografiya predstavlyaet soboy metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po izucheniyu organicheskoy massy sapropelitovykh ugley i goryuchikh slantsev na molekulyarnom urovne. Rassmatrivayutsya primery molekulyarnoy diagnostiki osadochnogo organicheskogo veshchestva v sapropelitovykh uglyakh i goryuchikh slantsakh. Obsuzhdayutsya perspektivy tekhnologizatsii rezul"tatov issledovaniy sapropelitov. Kniga prednaznachena dlya nauchnykh rabotnikov, aspirantov i studentov, sobirayushchikhsya spetsializirovat"sya v oblasti geokhimii organicheskogo veshchestva i uglekhimii - issledovateley i inzhenerov, a takzhe dlya shirokogo kruga chitateley, interesuyushchikhsya problemami proiskhozhdeniya i pererabotki sapropelitovykh ugley i goryuchikh slantsev.