Depositional environment and oil generation in Ordovician source rocks from southwestern Ontario, Canada: Organic geochemical and petrological approach

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1426-1453

  Obermajer, M ^b   Fowler, M G ^b   Snowdon, L R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OIL GENERATION; ORDOVICIAN SOURCE ROCKS;

BIOMARKERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; SEDIMENTS;

PETROLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0033391592     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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