Hydrocarbon potential of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana Depression, northern Kenya. II. Source rocks: Quality, maturation, depositional environments and structural control

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-78

  Talbot, M R ^a   Morley, C K ^b   Tiercelin, J J ^c,d   Le Herisse A ^c,d   Potdevin, J L ^e   Le Gall, B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Lacustrine source rock; Lokichar Basin; Northern Kenya Rift; Palynofacies; RockEval

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DRILLING; HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PROVENANCE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THERMAL MATURITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

EID: 1542320586     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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