Illitizing fluids as precursors of hydrocarbon migration along transfer and boundary faults of the Jeanne d'Arc Basin offshore Newfoundland, Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Abid, Iftikhar ^a   Hesse, Reinhard ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon migration; Illite smectite diagenesis; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ILLITE DIAGENESIS; SMECTITE DIAGENESIS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROCARBONS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; FAULT ZONE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ILLITE; OIL WELL; SMECTITE; TRANSFER ZONE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248536517     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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