Organic matter of Early Silurian succession - the potential source of unconventional gas in the Baltic Basin (Lithuania)

Baltica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-99

  Zdanavičiute, Onyte ^a   Lazauskiene, Jurga ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Early Silurian; Graptolite shales; Organic matter; Shale gas potential; Western Lithuania

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CORE ANALYSIS; GAS SUPPLY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SHALE; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

BALTIC REGION; LITHUANIA;

EID: 75249103985     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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