The Venezuelan hydrocarbon habitat, part 1: Tectonics, structure, palaeogeography and source rocks

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-53

  James, K H ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIMESTONE; MARBLE; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; RESERVOIR SANDS; SOURCE ROCKS; TRANSGRESSION; TRANSPRESSION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONICS;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034058971     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2000.tb00483.x     Document Type: Article

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