Thermal maturation and hydrocarbon migration within La Popa Basin, Northeastern Mexico, with implications for other salt structures

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-291

  Hudson, Samuel M ^a,b   Hanson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; SALT TECTONICS;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LATERAL MIGRATION; OIL-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATION; REMINERALIZATION; SALT EVACUATIONS; SALT STRUCTURES; THERMAL MATURATION;

WELDS;

BEDDING PLANE; CRUDE OIL; EOCENE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTCROP; REMINERALIZATION; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

LA POPA BASIN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77950304938     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07130907012     Document Type: Article

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