Burial history and kinetic modeling for hydrocarbon generation, Part II: Applying the GALO model to Saharan Basins

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1679-1699

  Makhous, Monzer ^a,c,d   Galushkin, Yurii ^a,g   Lopatin, Nikolai ^a,b,e,f  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Center of Research and Development   (Russian Federation)

^e N Caucasusian Mining Institute

^f Center of Research and Development ^*  (Russian Federation)

^g MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BURIAL HISTORY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE GALO;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GALO MODEL; HYDROCARBON GENERATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031251787     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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