Geochemical characteristics of oil seepages from Dam Thi Nai, central Vietnam: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration in the offshore Phu Khanh Basin

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Bojesen Koefoed, J A ^a   Nielsen, L H ^a   Nytoft, H P ^a   Petersen, H I ^a   Dau, Nguyen Thi ^b   Van Hien, Le ^b   Duc, Nguyen Anh ^b   Quy, Nguyen Huy ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEEPAGE;

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OIL SEEPAGES; SEMI-ENCLOSED EMBAYMENT; SHALLOW BASINS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL SEEP; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THI NAI LAGOON; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 13244273686     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2005.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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