40Ar/39Ar dating of oil generation and migration at complex continental margins

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-78

  Mark, Darren F ^a   Parnell, John ^b   Kelley, Simon P ^c   Lee, Martin R ^d   Sherlock, Sarah C ^c  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CURRENT ESTIMATES; FLUID INCLUSION; JURASSIC; K-FELDSPAR; OIL MIGRATION; SOURCE ROCKS; TEMPERATURE-COMPOSITION;

HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

FELDSPAR;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FELDSPAR; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; POTASSIUM; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 73849106776     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30237.1     Document Type: Article

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