Biomarkers and compound-specific stable carbon isotope of n-alkanes in crude oils from Eastern Llanos Basin, Colombia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-213

  Cortes, Jorge E ^a   Rincon, Jose M ^b   Jaramillo, Jose M ^b   Philp, R Paul ^a   Allen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Colombia; Cretaceous and tertiary oils; CSIA; GC IRMS; GC MS; Llanos basin; n Alkane isotopic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERTIARY;

COLOMBIA; LLANOS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75749135585     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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