Assessment of petroleum biodegradation using stable hydrogen isotopes of individual saturated hydrocarbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distributions in oils from the Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-311

  Asif, Muhammad ^a,b   Grice, Kliti ^a   Fazeelat, Tahira ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; ALKYL NAPHTHALENES; AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTES; BIODEGRADED OIL; HYDROCARBON DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; INVERSE CORRELATIONS; ISOPRENOIDS; LOW LEVELS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; N-ALKANES; NAPHTHALENE BIODEGRADATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SHALLOW MARINES; SOURCE ROCKS; TETRAMETHYL; THERMAL MATURITIES; TRIMETHYL; UNRESOLVED COMPLEX MIXTURES; UPPER INDUS BASINS;

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DEUTERIUM; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PAH; PETROLEUM; SOURCE ROCK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 60249088368     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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