Petroleum generation, migration, and entrapment in the Zhu 1 depression, Pearl River mouth basin, South China Sea

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-178

  Robison, C R ^a   Elrod, L W ^b   Bissada, K K ^a  

^a Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^b HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE;

PETROLEUM ENTRAPMENT; PETROLEUM MIGRATION;

PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SOURCE ROCK;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0345471955     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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