Oil families and their source rocks in the Weixinan Sub-basin, Beibuwan Basin, South China Sea

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-145

  Huang, Baojia ^a,b   Xiao, Xianming ^a   Cai, Dongsheng ^b   Wilkins, R W T ^c   Liu, Mingquan ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUP III; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIDDLE SECTION; MULTI-SETS; OIL POTENTIAL; OLEANANE; PETROLEUM POTENTIAL; SHALLOW LAKES; SOURCE ROCKS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUBBASINS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CRUDE OIL; IODINE; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCKS; SHALE;

SHALE OIL;

CRUDE OIL; FACIES; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MUDSTONE; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM; RESERVOIR; SOURCE ROCK;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79251642036     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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