ORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERATION OF ORGANIC MATTER AND GENERATION AND MIGRATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN AUSTIN CHALK, UPPER CRETACEOUS, SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
The Austin Chalk is an impure "onshore" chalk that was deposited on a ramp marginal to the Gulf of Mexico during the Late Cretaceous. Basinal chalks are organic rich, commonly containing 0.5-5.0% amorphous, sapropelic kerogen derived from marine organic matter with only trace amounts of te...
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| Language: | English |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/15616 |