Definition and characterization of petroleum compositional families in Williston Basin, North America using principal component analysis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-468

  Pasadakis, Nikos ^a   Obermajer, Mark ^b   Osadetz, Kirk G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY;

COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMARKER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 1842431618     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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