Geothermal regime and Jurassic source rock maturity of the Junggar basin, northwest China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 464-478

  Nansheng, Qiu ^a   Zhihuan, Zhang ^a   Ershe, Xu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Junggar basin; Maturity; Thermal conductivity; Thermal gradient; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; JURASSIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL REGIME; UPLIFT; WELL LOGGING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; LULIANG; XINJIANG UYGUR; YUNNAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 37249041029     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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