A quantitative study of aromatic hydrocarbons in a natural maturity shale sequence - The 3-methylphenanthrene/retene ratio, a pragmatic maturity parameter

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 97-105

  Wilhelms, A ^a   Telnaes N ^a   Steen, A ^a   Augustson, J ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Maturity; Multivariate statistic; Retene

Indexed keywords

MATURITY; MULTIVARIATE STATISTIC; RETENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMARKERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SHALE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; MATURATION; SHALE;

EID: 0032427215     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00112-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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