Early developments in petroleum geochemistry

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1025-1052

  Hunt, John M ^a   Philp, R Paul ^b   Kvenvolden, Keith A ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM MIGRATION;

BIOMARKERS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOLOGY; TEXTBOOKS;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

EID: 0036038107     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00056-6     Document Type: Review

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