Families of miocene monterey crude oil, seep, and tarball samples, coastal California

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1131-1152

  Peters, Kenneth E ^a   Hostettler, Frances D ^a   Lorenson, Thomas D ^a   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CRUDE OIL; DECISION TREES; DEPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MONTEREY FORMATION; ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING; PETROLEUM GENERATION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CORRELATION; CRUDE OIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIOCENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; NAPLES BEACH; NORTH AMERICA; SAN MATEO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 53649099050     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04180807113     Document Type: Article

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