Geothermal regime and hydrocarbon kitchen evolution of the offshore Bohai Bay Basin, North China

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 749-769

  Zuo, Yinhui ^a   Qiu, Nansheng ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a,b   Li, Cuicui ^a   Li, Jianping ^b,c,d   Guo, Yonghua ^b,c,d   Pang, Xiongqi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c China Ocean Oil Eng Co   (China)

^d Bohai Bay Basin ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FISSION REACTIONS; GASOLINE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; KITCHENS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OILS AND FATS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BOTTOM HOLE TEMPERATURES; GRADIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDROCARBON EXPULSION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; PALEO-GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

APATITE; COOLING; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOURCE ROCK; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79957848317     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/09271010079     Document Type: Article

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