Geohistory and thermal maturation in the Cherokee Basin (Mid-Continent, U.S.A.): results from modeling

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1673-1693

  Förster, Andrea ^a   Merriam, Daniel F ^b   Hoth, Peer ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL MATURATION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL SHALE; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; THERMAL MATURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032172546     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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