Petroleum geology and geochemistry of the Middle Proterozoic McArthur Basin, Northern Australia: III. Composition of extractable hydrocarbons

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 1747-1763

  Summons, Roger E ^a,b   Powell, Trevor G ^a   Boreham, Christopher J ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Baas Becking Geobiological Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; HYDROCARBONS; PROTEROZOIC; SYNGENETIC KEROGEN;

AUSTRALIA, MCARTHUR BASIN;

EID: 0024218755     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(88)90001-4     Document Type: Article

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