Effect of maturity and petroleum expulsion on pyrrolic nitrogen compound yields and distributions in Duvernay Formation petroleum source rocks in central Alberta, Canada

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 731-744

  Li, Maowen ^a   Yao, Huanxin ^a,c   Stasiuk, L D ^a   Fowler, M G ^a   Larter, S R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duvernay Formation; Migration parameters; Nitrogen heterocycles; Organic nitrogen compounds; Pyrrolic nitrogen compounds; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIC NITROGEN; THERMAL MATURITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROCARBON EXPULSION; MATURITY; MIGRATION; PYRROLIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; SOURCE ROCK;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0031180025     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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