Evaluation of hydrocarbon potential of the Paleozoic (Cambrian-Devonian) source rocks of the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec, Canada: Geochemical characterization, expulsion efficiency, and erosion scenario

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-751

  Grundman, Gaëlle ^a,b   Behar, Françoise ^c   Malo, Michel ^a   Baudin, François ^b   Lorant, François ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; OIL WELL DRILLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ROCKS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN INDICES; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; SILURIAN-DEVONIAN; THERMAL MATURATION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOZOIC; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84860779615     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08301110165     Document Type: Article

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