Origin and chemistry of petroleum
Subtitle: proceedings of the Third Annual Karcher Symposium, Oklahoma, May 4, 1979
By: edited by Gordon Atkinson and Jerry J. Zuckerman.
Contributors: Atkinson, Gordon.; Zuckerman, Jerry J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Petroleum -- Geology -- Congresses.; Geochemical prospecting -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Molecular changes and the maturation of sedimentary organic matter / by A.S. Mackenzie, R.L. Patience, and J.R. Maxwell; title: Stenols, stanols, steranes, and the origins of natural gas and petroleum / by W.G. Meinschein and Wen-Yen Huang; title: Source rock characterization by thermal distillation and pyrolysis / by J.M. Hunt; title: Application of organic geochemistry and quantitative basin analysis to petroleum exploration / by D.H. Welte ... [et al.]; title: Petroleum exploration, present and future / by J.G. Erdman.