Evaluation of the quality, thermal maturity and distribution of potential source rocks in the Danish part of the Norwegian-Danish basin

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1-66

  Petersen, Henrik I ^a   Nielsen, Lars H ^a   Bojesen Koefoed, Jørgen A ^a   Mathiesen, Anders ^a   Kristensen, Lars ^a   Dalhoff, Finn ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Vattenfall Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

EID: 58649122477     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.34194/geusb.v16.4989     Document Type: Article

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