Oil families in Mannville Group reservoirs of southwestern Alberta, Western Canada sedimentary basin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 769-784

  Karavas, F A ^a   Riediger, C L ^a   Fowler, M G ^b   Snowdon, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mannville Group; Oil oil; Oil source rock correlation; Western Canada Basin

Indexed keywords

CANADA; MANNVILLE GROUP RESERVOIRS; OIL SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032430655     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00100-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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