Organic facies variations, source rock potential, and sea level changes in Cretaceous black shales of the Quebrada Ocal, upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 556-576

  Mann, Ute ^a,b,c,d   Stein, Ruediger ^a,c,e,f  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f Inst Petrol and Organ Geochem   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BIOTURBATION; CRETACEOUS BLACK SHALES; ORGANIC FACIES VARIATIONS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; ORGANIC FACIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOURCE ROCK;

COLOMBIA, MAGDALENA VALLEY, QUEBRADA OCAL;

EID: 0031126963     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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