Unusual polycyclic alkanes in Lower Cretaceous Ostracode sediments and related oils of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-209

  Maowen, Li ^a   Riediger, C L ^b   Fowler, M G ^a   Snowdon, L R ^a   Abrajano Jr , T A ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

heptacyclic terpanes; hexacyclic terpanes; Ostracode Zone in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin; pentacyclic terpanes; tetracyclic terpanes; tricyclic terpanes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; OSTROCODE ZONE; POLYCYCLIC ALKANE; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; OSTRACODE ZONE; POLYCYCLIC ALKANES; WESTERN CANADA;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 0030350207     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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