Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) as indicators of the source and maturity of marine crude oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1017-1033

  Requejo, A G ^a   Sassen, R ^a   McDonald, T ^a   Denoux, G ^a   Kennicutt II, M C ^a   Brooks, J M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl homologues; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Crude oils; Dibenzothiophenes; GC MS; Marine source rocks; PAH; Phenanthrenes; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CARBONATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); KEROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; ROCKS; SULFUR;

CARBONATE SOURCED OILS; DIBENZOTHIOPENES; FLUORENES; MARINE SOURCE ROCKS; PARALIC SOURCED OILS; PHENANTHRENES; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH); PRECURSOR MOIETIES; SILICICLASTIC SOURCED OILS; THERMAL MATURITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

MATURITY; PAH; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 0030261038     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00079-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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