“…This method was applied successfully to crystalline rocks (e.g., He et al, 2008;Popov et. al., 1999) as well as to sedimentary rocks (e.g., Clauser, 2006;Fuchs and Förster, 2010;Hartmann et al, 2005Hartmann et al, , 2008Homoth et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2011;Majorowicz et al, 2008;Mottaghy et al, 2005;Norden and Förster, 2006;Orilski et al, 2010;Popov et al, 1995Popov et al, , 2003Popov et al, , 2010Popov et al, , 2011Schütz et al, 2012). It involved the measurement of TC under ambient temperature and pressure, which is in contrast to the other widely used method, the divided-bar technique (DB).…”