Depositional environment and hydrocarbon source potential of the Permian Gondwana coals from the Barapukuria Basin, Northwest Bangladesh

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 90-91, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-179

  Farhaduzzaman, Md ^a   Abdullah, Wan Hasiah ^a   Islam, Md Aminul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Depositional environment; Gondwana coal; Hydrocarbon potential; Kerogen type; Thermal maturity

Indexed keywords

ALGINITE; BANGLADESH; COAL BASINS; COAL SAMPLE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRY FORESTS; EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER; FLOOD BASINS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; HYDROCARBON YIELD; INERTINITE; KEROGEN TYPE; LIPTINITES; MACERAL COMPOSITION; MACERALS; N-ALKANES; PERMIAN; SOURCE ROCKS; STERANES; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VITRINITES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; COAL; KEROGEN; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; REFLECTION; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMARKER; COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GONDWANA; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; KEROGEN; MACERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMIAN; THERMAL MATURITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BANGLADESH; BARAPUKURIA COAL MINE; RANGPUR;

EID: 84856380528     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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