Morphology of hydrocarbon droplets during migration: Visual example from the Monterey Formation (Miocene), California

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1710-1718

  O'Brien, Neal R ^a,d,e   Thyne, Geoffrey D ^b,f,g,h,i   Slatt, Roger M ^c,j,k,l  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

^d DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^j Cities Service Company

^k MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^l University of Alaska

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COALESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMALGAMATED DROPLETS; ELONGATE ROD SHAPED DROPLETS; HYDROCARBON DROPLETS; OPEN MICROCHANNELS; SAUSAGE DROPLETS; SPHERICAL DROPLETS;

HYDROCARBONS;

DROPLET MORPHOLOGY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SEM;

EID: 0030292115     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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