A comprehensive review concerning the problem of marine crudes sources in Tarim Basin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Wang, Zhaoming ^a   Xiao, Zhongyao ^a  

^a TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

biological marker; marine crudes; oil source; oil gas source correlation; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943274675     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02890447     Document Type: Article

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