Accumulation of organic matter in the Rome trough of the Appalachian basin and its subsequent thermal history

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-437

  Curtis, John B ^a,b,c,d   Faure, Gunter ^b,e,f  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Exlog Brown and Ruth Laboratories   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

FAULT BOUNDED ANOXIC SUBBASINS; HYDROGEN INDEX; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE PEAK TEMPERATURE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEVONIAN; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PRESERVATION; SHALE; THERMAL HISTORY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

USA, APPALACHIAN BASIN, ROME TROUGH;

EID: 0031103929     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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