Source facies of the Paleozoic petroleum systems in the Tabei uplift, Tarim Basin, NW China: Implications from aryl isoprenoids in crude oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 629-634

  Sun, Yongge ^a   Xu, Shiping ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Cuai, Pingxia ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl isoprenoids; Asphaltene; Chlorobiaceae; Source facies; Tabei uplift; Tarim Basin; Tetramethylbenzene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEPOSITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROCKS;

PROLIFIC GROWTH;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOPRENOID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOZOIC; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN;

EID: 0037238751     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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