Burial, maturation, and petroleum generation history of the Arkoma Basin and Ouachita Foldbelt, Oklahoma and Arkansas

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-26

  Byrnes, Alan P ^a   Lawyer, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arkoma Basin; Basin analysis; Erosion; Ouachita; Petroleum generation; Thermal maturity; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744580894     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021625526579     Document Type: Review

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