Diamondoid hydrocarbon ratios: Novel maturity indices for highly mature crude oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 179-190

  Chen, Junhong ^a,b   Fu, Jiamo ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Liu, Dehan ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

diamondoid hydrocarbons in crude oil and condensate; molecular maturity index; oil source rock correlation; Qiongdongnan Basin; Tarim Basin; thermal maturity; Yinggehai Basin

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIAMONDOID HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR MATURITY INDEX; OIL SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; REFLECTANCE; TARIM BASIN; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

PARAFFINS;

CONDENSATE; CRUDE OIL; DIAMONDOID; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0030441596     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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