Geobiological approach to evaluating marine carbonate source rocks of hydrocarbon

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1121-1135

  Yin, Hong Fu ^a   Xie, Shu Cheng ^a   Yan, Jia Xin ^a   Hu, Chao Yong ^a   Huang, Jun Hua ^a   Tenger, ^b   Qie, Wen Kun ^a   Qiu, Xuan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

carbonate source rocks; geobiological evaluation; parameters; proxies

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION SYSTEM; GEOBIOLOGICAL EVALUATION; GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LOWER LIMITS; MARINE CARBONATES; MARINE SOURCES; ORGANICS; PARAMETERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PROXIES; SICHUAN; SOURCE ROCKS; SOUTH CHINA; THREE STAGES;

CARBONATION; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON;

ROCKS;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONATE ROCK; GEOACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; JURASSIC; MARINE RESOURCE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GUIZHOU; HUNAN; SICHUAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79961195627     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4236-8     Document Type: Article

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