Lower-middle Jurassic nonmarine source rocks and petroleum systems of the northern Qaidam basin, northwest China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1980-2005

  Ritts, Bradley D ^a,b   Hanson, Andrew D ^a,c   Zinniker, David ^a   Moldowan, J Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE;

CORRELATION METHODS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROGRAPHY; SHALE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0033510604     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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