Paleofluid-flow circulation within a Triassic rift basin: Evidence from oil inclusions and thermal histories

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-290

  Tseng, Hsin Yi ^a,d   Burruss, R C ^b   Onstott, T C ^a   Omar, Gomaa ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

BIODEGRADATION; CALCITE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FISSION REACTIONS; GAS OILS; GASOLINE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PARAFFINS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; AQUEOUS INCLUSIONS; FLOW CIRCULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

TAYLORSVILLE BASIN; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84879890219     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0275:PFCWAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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