Organic geochemistry in relation to the depositional environments of middle jurassic coal seams, Danish Central Graben, and implications for hydrocarbon generative potential

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-62

  Petersen, Henrik Ingermann ^b,c   Rosenberg, Per ^c,d   Andsbjerg, Jan ^a,c,e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Geological Survey of Denmark ^*

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY;

COAL BEARING STRATA; COAL SEAMS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; JURASSIC; PEAT FORMATION; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

NORTH SEA, DANISH CENTRAL GRABEN;

EID: 0029750855     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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