Hydrothermal petroleum in the sediments of the Andaman Backarc Basin, Indian Ocean

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 845-861

  Venkatesan, M I ^a   Ruth, E ^b   Rao, P S ^c   Nath, B N ^c   Rao, B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKER LIPIDS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL MATURITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037409676     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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