Influence of biodegradation on carbazole and benzocarbazole distributions in oil columns from the Liaohe basin, NE China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 951-969

  Huang, Haiping ^a,b   Bowler, Bernard F J ^a   Zhang, Zhanwen ^c   Oldenburg, Thomas B P ^a   Larter, Steve R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CRUDE PETROLEUM; SEDIMENTS;

OIL COLUMNS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

CHINA; LIAOHE BASIN;

EID: 0038642744     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00033-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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