Abundant non-hydrocarbons in crude oils from the western Qaidam Basin, northwest China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-471

  Duan, Yi ^a   Qian, Yaorong ^b   Wang, Chuanyuan ^a   Wang, Zhiping ^c   Zhang, Xiaobao ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Wu, Baoxiang ^a   Zheng, Guodong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkanol; Crude oil; Fatty acid; Fatty acid glycerol monoester; Non hydrocarbon; Polar organic compound

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; WORLD;

EID: 10844244832     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.461     Document Type: Article

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