Depositional environment and source potential of Jurassic coal-bearing sediments (Gresten Formation, Höflein gas/condensate field, Austria)

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-114

  Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^a   Bechtel, A ^a   Kuffner, T ^b   Rainer, T ^a   Gratzer, R ^a   Sauer, R ^b   Sperl, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b OMV Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine Subthrust; Austria; Coal; Geochemistry; Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BITUMINOUS COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN OILS; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GYMNOSPERM; JURASSIC; MACROPHYTE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33745040287     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-684     Document Type: Article

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