Origin of Oil in the Sureste Basin, Mexico1

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1068-1094

  Guzman Vega, M A ^a   Mello, M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

SOURCE ROCK DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0032674790     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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