Petroleum geology of the Black Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-223

  Robinson, A G ^a,b   Rudat, J H ^a,c   Banks, C J ^a,d   Wiles, R L F ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b JKX Oil and Gas Plc   (United Kingdom)

^c GES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Extensional basins; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL BASINS; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

BLACK SEA;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEAWATER;

BLACK SEA; CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; EXTENSIONAL BASINS; OIL PRONE SOURCE ROCK;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0029667465     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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