De-convoluting mixed crude oil in Prudhoe Bay Field, North Slope, Alaska

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-645

  Peters, Kenneth E ^a   Scott Ramos, L ^b   Zumberge, John E ^c   Valin, Zenon C ^a   Bird, Kenneth J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Infometrix Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ROCKS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOUND RATIOS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; CRUDE OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; SHALE; TRIASSIC;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849088955     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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