Insights into the Petroleum System Evolution of the southern Orange Basin, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Paton, Douglas A ^a,b   di Primio, Rolando ^a   Kuhlmann, Gesa ^a   van der Spuy, David ^c   Horsfield, Brian ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Petroleum Agency SA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; DEPOSITION; GAS SEEPAGE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MODELING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORANGE BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 36148960918     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.2-3.261     Document Type: Article

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