Petroleum potential of dysaerobic carbonate source rocks in an intra-shelf basin: The Lower Cretaceous of Provence, France

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-146

  Machhour, L ^a   Masse, J P ^b   Oudin, J L ^a   Lambert, B ^c   Lapointe, P ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basin; Cretaceous; Oxygen content; Palaeoceanography; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; SOURCE ROCK;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031824394     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.4.2.139     Document Type: Article

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