Trace elements as palaeoenvironmental markers in strongly mature hydrocarbon source rocks: The Cretaceous La Luna Formation of Venezuela

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-37

  Mongenot, Thierry ^a   Tribovillard, Nicolas Pierre ^a   Desprairies, Alain ^a   Lallier Vergès, Elisabeth ^b   Laggoun Defarge, Fatima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON; LA LUNA FORMATION; MATURATION GRADIENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0029750082     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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