The petroleum potential of Tertiary coals from Western Indonesia: Relationship to mire type and sequence stratigraphic setting

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 35-52

  Davis, R C ^a   Noon, S W ^b   Harrington, J ^b  

^a Core Lab Petroleum Services ^*  (Australia)

^b Kawasan Komersial Cilandak   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Coal; Depositional environment; Indonesia; Rock Eval; Source rock; Tertiary; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

PALEOGENE COALS; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM POTENTIAL; TERTIARY COALS; VITRINITE;

DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

COAL;

COAL; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIRE; PALYNOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33846942617     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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