Hydrocarbons in the Bay of Bengal and Central Indian Basin bottom sediments: Indicators of geochemical processes in the lithosphere

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 231-243

  Chernova, T G ^a   Paropkari, Anil L ^b   Pikovskii, Yu I ^c   Alekseeva, T A ^c  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Central Indian Basin; Deformation zone; Eastern Indian Basin; Hydrocarbons; PAH; Tectonically active areas

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; LITHOSPHERE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032775906     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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