Numerical simulation of petroleum generation and migration in the Qingshui sag, western depression of the Liaohe basin, northeast China

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1629-1649

  Hu, Liguo ^a,b   Fuhrmann, Andreas ^c   Poelchau, Harald S ^d   Horsfield, Brian ^c   Zhang, Zhanwen ^a   Wu, Tiesheng ^a   Chen, Yixian ^a   Li, Jinyou ^a  

^a PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^b Liaohe Hainan Petroleum Exploration Company   (China)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GENERATION; PETROLEUM MIGRATION; THERMAL MATURITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAOHE BASIN;

EID: 30644475095     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07280504069     Document Type: Article

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