Paleoenvironments, source rock potential and thermal maturity of the Upper Benue rift basins, Nigeria: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3 -3 pt 1, 1998, Pages 531-542

  Akande, Samuel O ^a   Ojo, Olusola J ^a   Erdtmann, Bernd D ^b   Hetenyi, Magdolna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Benue Trough; Infrared spectroscopy; Kerogen; Maturity; Pyrolysis; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

BENEU TROUGH; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS; SOURCE ROCKS; THERMAL MATURITY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KEROGEN; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032445229     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00125-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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