Generation characteristics of Mesozoic syn- and post-rift source rocks, Bonaparte Basin, Australia: New insights from compositional kinetic modelling

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-165

  Abbassi, Soumaya ^a   George, Simon C ^a   Edwards, Dianne S ^b   di Primio, Rolando ^c   Horsfield, Brian ^c   Volk, Herbert ^d,e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas oil ratio; Isotopes; Kinetics; Laminaria High; Petroleum generation; Transformation ratio

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COAL; CRUDE OIL; ENZYME KINETICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; KEROGEN; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PYROLYSIS; ROCK PRODUCTS;

BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; GAS OIL RATIOS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCT; LAMINARIA HIGH; NORTH WEST SHELF OF AUSTRALIA; PETROLEUM GENERATION; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSFORMATION RATIO;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MACERAL; MESOZOIC; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

AUSTRALIA; BONAPARTE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

CORALLINA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LAMINARIA;

EID: 84891824806     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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