Low-temperature thermal generation of hydrocarbon gases in shallow shales

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6722, 1999, Pages 61-63

  Rowe, Devon ^a   Muehlenbachs, Atis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

GAS; HYDROCARBON; SHALE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033522183     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18007     Document Type: Article

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