The behaviour of aromatic hydrocarbons in artificial mixtures of Permian and Jurassic end-member oils: Application to in-reservoir mixing in the Eromanga Basin, Australia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-115

  Arouri, Khaled R ^a,b   McKirdy, David M ^a  

^a Sch Earth Environ Sci Univ A   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENANTHRENE; NON-MARINE OILS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MIXTURES; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIXING; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SOURCE ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EROMANGA BASIN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 8844252387     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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