Extraction of high molecular weight hydrocarbons from source rocks: An example from the Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 625-631

  Mueller, Eric ^a   Philp, R Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene Black Shale Facies; Green River Formation; High molecular weight hydrocarbons; High temperature gas chromatography; p xylene; Source rock extracts; Soxhlet extraction; Uinta Basin (Utah); Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

EOCENE BLACK SHALE FACIES; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCARBONS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; UINTA BASIN;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIVERS; ROCKS; SHALE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EXTRACTION METHOD; HYDROCARBON GEOCHEMISTRY; SOURCE ROCK;

USA, UTAH, GREEN RIVER FORMATION;

EID: 0031811528     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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