Black shales in Ukraine - A review

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-136

  Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^a   Koltun, Yurij V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c EuroGas GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Menilite formation; Paratethys; Shale gas; Silurian; Source rock

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; MENILITE FORMATION; PARATETHYS; SHALE GAS; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCKS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SHALE OIL;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; CARBONIFEROUS; CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; JURASSIC; KEROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

POLAND; UKRAINE;

PARATETHYS;

EID: 84856562806     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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