Keyword

source rocks

Description: Source rocks are sedimentary rocks containing organic matter that can generate and release petroleum hydrocarbons during burial and heating.

Primary topic: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (64%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1988844

OpenAlex ID: keywords/source-rocks

Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology

1995 · John M. Hunt · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2,591

Petroleum Formation and Occurrence

1985 · R. P. Philp · Eos · 2,317

The Petroleum System—From Source to Trap

1994 · Leslie B. Magoon, Wallace G. Dow · American Association of Petroleum Geologists eBooks · 1,832

I- and S-type granites in the Lachlan Fold Belt

1992 · B. W. Chappell, A. J. R. White · Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh · 1,739

Petroleum geochemistry and geology

1996 · Keith A. Kvenvolden · Organic Geochemistry · 1,617

The effect of grain size on detrital modes: a test of the Gazzi-Dickinson point-counting method

1984 · Raymond V. Ingersoll, Thomas F. Bullard, et al. · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1,540

Advances in organic geochemistry 1981

1985 · Matthias Radke · Chemical Geology · 1,381

Rock-Eval 6 Technology: Performances and Developments

2001 · F. Behar, V. Beaumont, et al. · Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles · 1,362

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Geochemistry of ∼1.9 Ga sedimentary rocks from northeastern Labrador, Canada

1997 · Ken-Ichiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Fujisawa, et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1,280

I- and S-type granites in the Lachlan Fold Belt

1992 · B. W. Chappell, A. J. R. White · Geological Society of America Special Papers · 1,270

Advances in organic geochemistry 1973

1975 · W.G. Meinschein · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1,012

Genetic Characterization of Natural Gases

1983 · Martin Schoell · AAPG Bulletin · 951

Mississippian Barnett Shale: Lithofacies and depositional setting of a deep-water shale-gas succession in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas

2007 · Robert G. Loucks, Stephen C. Ruppel · AAPG Bulletin · 938

Petroleum geochemistry and geology

1980 · George V. Chilingarian, Teh Fu Yen · Sedimentary Geology · 902

Kerogen studies and geological interpretations

1977 · Wallace G Dow · Journal of Geochemical Exploration · 888

MARINE BLACK SHALES: Depositional Mechanisms and Environments of Ancient Deposits

1994 · Michael A. Arthur, Bradley B. Sageman · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 864

Middle East: Stratigraphic Evolution and Oil Habitat

1980 · R. J. Murris · AAPG Bulletin · 782

Kerogen — Insoluble organic matter from sedimentary rocks

1981 · M. Schidlowski · Chemical Geology · 758

Hydrocarbon Habitat of Tertiary Niger Delta

1978 · B. D. Evamy, J. Haremboure, et al. · AAPG Bulletin · 738

Organic geochemistry: principles and applications

1994 · Choice Reviews Online · 732

Simple kinetic models of petroleum formation. Part I: oil and gas generation from kerogen

1995 · Andrew S. Pepper, Peter J. Corvi · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 723

Geochemical study on a well in the Western Canada Basin: relation of the aromatic distribution pattern to maturity of organic matter

1982 · Matthias Radke, Dietrich H. Welte, et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 722

Advances in organic geochemistry, 1966

1971 · W.G. Meinschein · Chemical Geology · 700

Ultrasonic velocity and anisotropy of hydrocarbon source rocks

1992 · Lev Vernik, Amos Nur · Geophysics · 606

Applied Petroleum Geochemistry

1994 · Lloyd R. Snowdon · Organic Geochemistry · 605

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