Classification and origin of petroleum in the Mexican Gulf Coast Basin: An overview

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 75, Issue , 2001, Pages 127-142

  Guzmán Vega, Mario A ^a   Castro Ortíz, Lilia ^a   Román Ramos, Juan R ^a   Medrano Morales, Luis ^a   Valdéz, Lourdes Clara ^a   Vázquez Covarrubias, Emilio ^a   Ziga Rodríguez, Genaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

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