Black shale source rocks and oil generation in the Cambrian and Ordovician of the central Appalachian Basin, USA

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-441

  Ryder, Robert T ^a   Burruss, Robert C ^a   Hatch, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE SOURCE ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL SHALE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CAMBRIAN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL SHALE; ORDOVICIAN; SOURCE ROCK;

USA, APPALACHIAN BASIN;

EID: 0032029748     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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