Cyclicity in the Egret Member (Kimmeridgian) oil source rock, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore eastern Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-105

  Huang, Z ^a   Williamson, M A ^a   Bateman, J ^b,d   McAlpine, K D ^a   Fowler, M G ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Mobil Oil Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Cyclicity; Egret member; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLICITY; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC, GRAND BANKS, JEANNE D'ARC BASIN;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CYCLICITY; EGRET MEMBER; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ROCKS;

EID: 0029667716     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00001-1     Document Type: Article

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