Modeling petroleum generation in the Paleozoic of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Implications for prospectivity

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-40

  Ghori, K Ameed R ^a   Mory, Arthur J ^a   Iasky, Robert P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FUELS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GAS PRONE SOURCE BEDS; PETROLEUM GENERATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 12144278438     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08150403134     Document Type: Article

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