Geochemical evidence for an Early Cambrian origin of the 'Q' oils and some condensates from north Oman

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-90

  Grosjean, Emmanuelle ^a,c   Love, Gordon D ^a,d   Kelly, Amy E ^a,e   Taylor, Paul N ^b,f   Summons, Roger E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Shell International e and P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BRANCHED ALKANES; CAMBRIANS; EVAPORITES; GAMMACERANE; GC-MS-MS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; HYPERSALINE CONDITIONS; ISOPRENOIDS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE SHALES; MASS SPECTRA; NORMAL ALKANE; OIL SOURCES; RE-EVALUATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOURCE ROCKS; STERANES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTHROPOD; BIOMARKER; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONDENSATE; FACIES; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK;

OMAN;

ARA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84858082410     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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