A geochemical appraisal of oil seeps from the East Coast Basin, New Zealand

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 593-605

  Rogers, Karyne M ^a   Collen, John D ^b   Johnston, Jim H ^b   Elgar, Nils E ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

13C isotopes; East Coast Basin; New Zealand; Oil seeps; Oil oil correlation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSES; MARINE SOURCE ROCKS; OIL SEEPS;

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; OIL FIELD; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032783983     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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