Geochemistry of oils from the Junggar basin, northwest China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1926-1944

  Clayton, J L ^a,c,d   Yang, J ^b,e,f,g   King, J D ^a   Lillis, P G ^a   Warden, A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Res Inst of Explor and Devmt   (China)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e China National Petroleum Company   (China)

^f Geochemistry Laboratory   (China)

^g Petroleum University of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ORGANIC MATTER SOURCES;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA, XINJIANG, JUNGGAR BASIN;

EID: 0031278177     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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