Source-dependent biomarker properties of five crude oils from the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 441-450

  Barakat, A O ^a   Mostafa, A ^a   El Gayar, M S ^a   Rullkotter J ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Egyptian oils; GC MS; Gulf of Suez oils; Oil types; Paleoenvironment; Source input

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EGYPTIAN CRUDE OILS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOURCE DEPENDENT BIOMARKER PROPERTIES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; BIOMARKERS; CRUDE OIL; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE;

GULF OF SUEZ; RED SEA;

EID: 0031126427     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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