Organic petrology of potential source rocks in the Tarim Basin, NW China

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-124

  Liu, Dameng ^a   Tu, Jianqi ^b   Jin, Kuili ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Experimental Centre Beijing Res Inst Petr Expl Dev   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COAL; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

ALGINITES;

PETROLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESOCOSM; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0037286644     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2003.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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