Timing and temperature of decollement on hydrocarbon source rock beds in cyclic lacustrine successions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 121-134

  Parnell, John ^a   Carey, Paul ^a   Monson, Bryan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decollement; Fluid inclusions; Hydrocarbons; Lacustine cycles; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 0031818070     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00035-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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