Dominant factors in controlling marine gas pools in South China

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-497

  Xu, Sihuang ^a   Watney, W Lynn ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine strata; Natural gas; Pool fluid source; Pool controlling model; South China; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

GAS FIELD; GAS FLOW; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 36448929826     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-007-0060-z     Document Type: Article

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