Deep petroleum occurrences in the Lower Kura Depression, South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan: An organic geochemical and basin modeling study

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 731-762

  Inan, Sedat ^a   Yalçin, M Namik ^a,b   Guliev, Ibrahim S ^c   Kuliev, Kerem ^c   Feizullayev, A Akper ^c  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Basin modeling; High sedimentation rate; Maturity; Oil window; Organic geochemistry; South Caspian

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

OIL WINDOWS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCKS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

OIL WINDOW; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 0031277437     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-8172(97)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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