Modification of the petroleum system concept: Origins of alkanes and isoprenoids in crude oils

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 587-611

  Collister, James ^a   Ehrlich, Robert ^b   Mango, Frank ^c   Johnson, Glenn ^d  

^a SGS Control Services   (United States)

^b Residuum Energy Inc   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOPOLYMERS; COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ACYCLIC ISOPRENOIDS; PALEOZOIC PUTATIVE ROCKS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; CRUDE OIL; ISOPRENOID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

EID: 2342420460     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01070403019     Document Type: Article

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