Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) mudstones (Kössen Formation) within the central Gailtal Alps (Eastern Alps, Austria) as potential hydrocarbon source rocks

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-451

  Bechtel, Achim ^a   Gratzer, Reinhard ^a   Rantitsch, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC MATTER; RHAETIAN; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIASSIC; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0004152073     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/222/2001/427     Document Type: Article

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