Geochemical characteristics of hydrocarbon compounds in sediments of the eastern South China Sea

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Daidai ^a   Wu, Nengyou ^b   Ye, Ying ^a   Zhang, Pingping ^a   Chen, Xuegang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern South China Sea; Gas hydrate; Geochemical characteristics; N alkane; Odd even predominance value; Organic matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORE SAMPLES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GASES; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BRANCHED ALKANES; CARBON CHAINS; CHRYSENE; EASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; GAS HYDRATE; GAS SOURCES; GC AND GC; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; ISOPRENOID; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; MS TECHNIQUES; N-ALKANE; N-ALKANES; ODD-EVEN PREDOMINANCE VALUE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTERS; PERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SAMPLING SITES; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CORES; SERIES COMPOUNDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 48549096535     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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