Petroleum migration and mixing in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Zhang, Chunming ^a,b   Li, Sitian ^b   Yang, Jiaming ^c   Yang, Shaokun ^d   Wang, Jianrong ^d  

^a Jianghan Petroleum University   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Res Inst of Nanhai East Oil Co   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Compositional heterogeneity; Migration pathways; Mixed oils; The Pearl River Mouth Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; OIL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 53949093237     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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