Geochemical comparison of crude oil along the South Atlantic margins

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 73, Issue , 2000, Pages 15-26

  Schiefelbein, C F ^a   Zumberge, J E ^a   Cameron, N C ^a   Brown, S W ^a  

^a Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United States)

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