The source rock horizons of the Ionian Basin (NW Greece)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 593-617

  Rigakis, N ^a   Karakitsios, V ^b  

^a Hellenic Petroleum SA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL MODEL; IONIAN BASIN; SOURCE ROCKS; WESTERN GREECE;

HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON; MATURATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK;

GREECE;

EID: 0032215898     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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