Transformation of oil pools into gas pools as results of multiple tectonic events in Upper Sinian (Upper Neoproterozoic), deep part of Sichuan Basin, China

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 679-698

  Liu, Shugen ^a   Qin, Chuan ^b   Jansa, Lubomir ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Wang, Guozhi ^a   Xu, Guosheng ^a   Yuan, Haifeng ^a   Zhang, Changjun ^a   Zhang, Zhijing ^a   Deng, Bin ^a   Dai, Hansong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Deep parts of sedimentary basins; Hydrocarbon pools; Sichuan basin; Sinian; Tectonics; Thermal cracked gas

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HYDROCARBON POOLS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SICHUAN BASIN; SINIAN;

CARBONATES; GAS GENERATORS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GASES;

EID: 84863011062     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.29.6.679     Document Type: Article

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