Late Palaeozoic hydrocarbon migration through the Clair field, West of Shetland, UK Atlantic margin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2510-2533

  Mark, Darren F ^a,b   Green, Paul F ^c   Parnell, John ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^d   Lee, Martin R ^e   Sherlock, Sarah C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BITUMEN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FISSION TRACK DATING; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43549109804     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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