Biological activity in the deep subsurface and the origin of heavy oil

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 344-352

  Head, Ian M ^a   Jones, D Martin ^a   Larter, Steve R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY RECOVERY; NUTRIENTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

HYDROCARBON; OIL; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; BIOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DENSITY; REVIEW; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDANTS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 0344011969     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02134     Document Type: Review

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