Organic geochemistry and geohistory of the Triassic succession of Bjornaya, Barents Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-349

  Isaksen, Gary H ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Bjornoya; sequence stratigraphy of Bjornaya outcrops; Triassic of Bjornoya; tricyclic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BITUMEN STAINING; BJORNOYA; THERMAL MATURITY; TRAISSIC SEDIMENTS; TRICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; SOURCE ROCK; TERPANE; TRIASSIC;

BARENTS SEA, BJORNOYA;

EID: 0030088543     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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