Hydrocarbon traces in the Tertiary basalts of the Faeroe Islands

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-266

  Laier, T ^a   Nytoft, H P ^a   Jorgensen O ^b   Isaksen, G H ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BASALT; BIOMARKERS; COAL; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFIN WAXES; ROCKS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

TERTIARY BASALTS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASALT; BASALTS; BIOMARKER; BIOMARKERS; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBONS; SOURCE ROCK; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC; FAEROE ISLANDS;

EID: 0031148085     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(97)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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