Cretaceous carbonaceous rocks from the Norfolk Ridge system, Southwest Pacific: Implications for regional petroleum potential

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Herzer, R H ^a   Sykes, R ^a   Killops, S D ^a   Funnell, R H ^a   Burggraf, D R ^a,b   Townend, J ^a,c   Raine, J I ^a   Wilson, G J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Late Cretaceous; New Zealand; Norfolk Ridge; Organic geochemistry; Petroleum; Source rocks

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

NORFOLK RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033104483     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1999.9514831     Document Type: Article

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