Gas hydrate and crude oil from the Mississippi Fan Foldbelt, downdip Gulf of Mexico Salt Basin: Significance to petroleum system

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 999-1008

  Sassen, Roger ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   DeFreitas, Debra A ^a   Morelos, J Alejandro ^b   Milkov, Alexei V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Humble Geochemical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Gas hydrates; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbons; Mississippi Fan Foldbelt; Petroleum system

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; FOLD BELT; GAS HYDRATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEAFLOOR;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0034872089     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(01)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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