The Xiamaling oil shale generated through Rhodophyta over 800 Ma ago

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-535

  Zhang, Shui Chang ^a,b   Zhang, BaoMin ^a   Bian, LiZeng ^c   Jin, ZhiJun ^d   Wang, DaRui ^a,b   Chen, JianFa ^e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SINOPEC   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

17 (H) diahopanes; Neo Proterozoic; Rhodophyta; Xiahuayuan; Xiamaling Formation; Xiamaling oil shale

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBONATES; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; LITHOLOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL SHALE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BLACK ARGILLACEOUS SILICALITE; MUDSTONE FORMATIONS; TRANSGRESSION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BITUMEN; CARBONATE ROCK; KEROGEN; MUDSTONE; OIL SHALE; PROTEROZOIC; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI;

RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34247533657     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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