Thermal maturity and hydrocarbon potential of the Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian) sediments in the Bornu (Chad) basin, NE Nigeria

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 759-772

  Olugbemiro, Olufemi Robinson ^a   Ligouis, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burial history; Chad basin; Hydrocarbon potential; Maturity; Nigeria; Organic matter; Paleotemperature; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033377833     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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