The Jurassic petroleum system north and west of Britain: A geochemical oil-source correlation study

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 671-700

  Scotchman, I C ^a   Griffith, C E ^b   Holmes, A J ^b   Jones, D M ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Mobil North Sea Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Margin; Kimmeridge Clay Formation; Middle Jurassic; Oil source correlation; Petroleum system; Source rock; Upper Jurassic; West of Shetlands

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; GEOCHEMICAL OIL SOURCE CORRELATION; JURASSIC PETROLEUM SYSTEM; KIMMERIDGE CLAY FORMATION; RESERVOIR CORE EXTRACTS;

PETROLEUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CORE SAMPLES; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

JURASSIC; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032439664     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00183-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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