Hydrocarbons in recent sediment of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Marine Geology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 101-113

  Kvenvolden, Keith A ^a   Hostettler, Frances D ^a   Rosenbauer, Robert W ^a   Lorenson, Thomas D ^a   Castle, William T ^b   Sugarman, Susan ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Monterey Bay; Monterey Formation; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SIGNATURE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROCARBON; SHELF SEDIMENT; SOURCE ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037087947     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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