Oxygenic kerogenization of asphaltenes from the Dead Sea Basin (Israel)

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-310

  Premovic P I ^a   Zlatkovic S B ^a   Premovic M P ^a   Tonsa, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; REACTION KINETICS; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

ASPHALTENES; OXYGENIC KEROGENIZATION;

KEROGEN;

ASPHALTENE; KEROGENIZATION;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0032124414     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1998.tb00783.x     Document Type: Article

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