Acidic biomarkers from Albacora oils, Campos Basin, Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1175-1191

  Nascimento, L R ^a   Reboucas L M C ^a   Koike, L ^a   De A m Reis, F ^a   Soldan, A L ^b   Cerqueira, J R ^b   Marsaioli, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidic biomarkers; Albacora oil field; Brazil; Campos Basin; Carboxylic acids; Lacustrine sourced oils

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOINDICATOR; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBON; OIL; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDIC BIOMARKERS; ALBACORA OIL FIELD; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; LACUSTRINE SOURCED OIL;

BIOMARKERS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN;

EID: 0345504751     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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