Microspectrofluorimetric and microthermometric evidence for variability in hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in quartz overgrowths: Implications for inclusion trapping in the Alwyn North field, North Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1477-1490

  Blanchet, A ^a,d   Pagel, M ^a   Walgenwitz, F ^b   Lopez, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c CNRS/1PBS Organisation Dynamique B   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETERS; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSIONS; QUARTZ; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOMETERS;

MICROSPECTROFLUORIMETRY;

HYDROCARBONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALWYN NORTH FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0242307144     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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