Geochemistry, grouping and origins of crude oils in the Western Pearl River Mouth Basin, offshore South China Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 993-1008

  Huang, Baojia ^a   Xiao, Xianming ^a   Zhang, Mingqiang ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ROCKS;

OIL RESERVES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

CHINA; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 0037966573     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00035-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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