Effect of maturity on carbazole distributions in petroleum systems: New insights from the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico, and Hils Syncline, Germany

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 233-237

  Horsfield, B ^a   Clegg, H ^a   Wilkes, H ^a   Santamaria Orozco D ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GERMANY; MEXICO; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ROCK;

EID: 0031879783     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050489     Document Type: Article

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