Generation and expulsion of oils from Permian coals of the Sydney Basin, Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 810-831

  Ahmed, Manzur ^a   Volk, Herbert ^a   George, Simon C ^b   Faiz, Mohinudeen ^a   Stalker, Linda ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HIGHER PLANTS; HYDROCARBON DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGEN INDICES; ISOPRENOIDS; LIPTINITE; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; N-ALKANES; OIL ACCUMULATION; OIL SAMPLES; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMIAN; PERMIAN COAL; PERMO-TRIASSIC; STERANES; SUBOXIC ENVIRONMENT; TERPANES; THIN SECTION; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; TRIASSIC;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL INDUSTRY; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COAL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; COAL; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; OIL; OIL SEEP; PERMIAN; PETROLOGY; SHALE; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67349220714     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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