Formation and evolution of Silurian paleo-oil pools in the Tarim Basin, NW China

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1281-1293

  Tian, Hui ^a   Xiao, Xianming ^a   Wilkins, Ronald W T ^b   Gan, Huajun ^a   Xiao, Zhongyao ^c   Liu, Dehan ^a   Guo, Liguo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; HEAVY OIL; LATE TERTIARY; LIGHT OILS; NW CHINA; OIL POOLS; ORDOVICIAN; RESERVOIR BITUMEN; RESIDUAL BITUMEN; S OURCE ROCKS; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; TARIM BASIN; TRIASSIC;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; FISSION REACTIONS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SANDSTONE; STAGES;

PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

BIODEGRADATION; BITUMEN; CAMBRIAN; CRETACEOUS; DEVONIAN; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN; SLOPE; SOURCE ROCK; TERTIARY; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 49149090507     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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