Microbial composition of carbonate petroleum reservoir fluids

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 87-97

  Adkins, Jon P ^a   Cornell, Laura A ^a   Tanner, Ralph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Microbial ecology; Microbially enhanced oil recovery; Petroleum reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001039552     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490459209377909     Document Type: Article

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