Application of organic inclusion study in petroleum geology - Conception, classification, formation mechanism and significance

Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Pan, Li Yin ^a,b   Ni, Pei ^a   Ou, Guang Xi ^b   Ding, Jun Ying ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF URANIUM GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Petroleum geology; Petroleum inclusion; pVT modeling; Temperature pressure; Trapping

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-T CONDITIONS;

EID: 33646817103     PISSN: 10072802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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