Source rock heterogeneity of the Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation, North Viking Graben, and its relevance to petroleum generation studies

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-243

  Keym, Matthias ^a   Dieckmann, Volker ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a   Erdmann, Michael ^b   Galimberti, Roberto ^c   Kua, Lung Chuan ^d   Leith, Leslie ^b   Podlaha, Olaf ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^d Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATASETS; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE FACIES; VERTICAL VARIATIONS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PYROLYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VIKING GRABEN;

EID: 31744450846     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.08.023     Document Type: Article

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