Thermal history of the 1.1-Ga Nonesuch Formation, North American mid-continent rift, White Pine, Michigan

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Price, Kirsten L ^b,c,d   Huntoon, Jacqueline E ^a,e,f,g   McDowell, S Douglas ^a,c,g,h,i,j  

^a Michigan Technological University

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FMC Gold Company   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

USA, MICHIGAN, WHITE PINE;

CALCULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLOGY; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ILLITE SMECTIC MATURATION; MID CONTINENT RIFT; NONESUCH FORMATION; ORGANIC THERMAL MATURITY; PYROBITUMEN; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMAL MODELING; TIME TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 0029667451     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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