Heat flow and thermal maturity modelling in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1073-1088

  He, Sheng ^a,b   Middleton, Mike ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Northern Carnarvon Basin; Thermal maturity; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL MATURITY MODELLING;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CARNARVON BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0036876328     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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