Insights from fluid inclusions, thermal and PVT modeling for paleo-burial and thermal reconstruction of the Córdoba petroleum system (NE Mexico)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 936-958

  Ferket, Helga ^a,b   Guilhaumou, Nicole ^c   Roure, François ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^d  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C rdoba Platform; Diagenesis; Fluid inclusion; Geothermal gradient; PVT modeling; Thrust belt

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; PVT MODELING; THRUST BELT;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; FLUID INCLUSION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; PASSIVE MARGIN;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79851515253     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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