Source rock palaeoenvironments and controls on the distribution of dibenzothiophenes in lacustrine crude oils, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1455-1470

  Huang, Haiping ^a   Pearson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dibenzothiophene; High wax; Hypersaline; Immature oil; Lacustrine; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE;

BIOMARKERS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRUDE OIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0032741229     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00126-6     Document Type: Article

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