Genetic characterization of gas shows in the east Mediterranean offshore of southwestern Israel

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1401-1413

  Feinstein, S ^a   Aizenshtat, Z ^b   Miloslavski, I ^b   Gerling, P ^c   Slager, J ^d   McQuilken, J ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH   (Germany)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GAS; JURASSIC SECTIONS; THERMOGENIC GAS; THERMOGENIC GAS SAMPLES;

BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER; ISOTOPES; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRATIGRAPHY;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DRILLING; GAS; GENETICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PLIOCENE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1642632271     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00184-5     Document Type: Article

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