Geochemical characterization of a Cretaceous black shale from the Mamfe Basin, Cameroon

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Eseme, E ^a   Littke, R ^a   Agyingi, C M ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Expulsion; Kerogen type; Maturity; Organic matter; Shale; Source rock

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLOGY;

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATURATION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33244498156     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079304-668     Document Type: Article

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