“…The significance levels of n-alkanes ranging from C21-C38, with Cmax at 31 and strong odd carbon number predominance in Perkasa Inakakerta, Borneo coal sample reflect the co-dissolved epicuticular wax from the source plants [8]. The existence of long-chain nalkanes indicates the source of coal organic compounds originated from terrestrial higher plants, including Duri oils [13,26,27], brown coal from Sangatta, coal mines, East Kalimantan [19], Brown Shale Formation, Kiliran sub-basin, Central Sumatra Basin [28,29]. The very low abundance of short and medium n-alkane chains indicates the low contribution of bacteria, algae, and plankton in the formation of coal organic compounds, Brown Shale, Central Sumatra Basin, [29][30][31], coal deposits of the Far East [32].…”