Saturated hydrocarbons occluded inside asphaltene structures and their geochemical significance, as exemplified by two Venezuelan oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-303

  Liao, Zewen ^a,b   Geng, Ansong ^a   Graciaa, Alain ^b   Creux, Patrice ^b   Chrostowska, Anna ^c   Zhang, Yaxue ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE; RESERVOIR OILS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

ASPHALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

HYDROCARBONS;

ASPHALTENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 32844474927     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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