A geochemical characterization and a biomarker re-appraisal of the oil families from southwestern Ontario, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 350-378

  Obermajer, M ^a   Fowler, M G ^a   Snowdon, L R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALKANE; CARBON PREFERENCE INDEX; DEGREE OF PARAFFINICITY; OPEN COLUMN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTANE; PRISTANE; STERANES; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIAROMATIC STEROID RATIO;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0032172406     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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