THE USE OF GAS ISOTOPES IN DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF SOME GIPPSLAND BASIN OILS
B. J. Burns A. T. James and J.K. Emmett
The APPEA Journal
24(1) 217 - 221
Published: 1984
Abstract
The technique of determining the level of maturity of a gas by using the isotopic separation between its hydrocarbon components has been applied to gases flashed from undersaturated Gippsland Basin oils. The results suggest that the Gippsland Basin oils have been generated at an LOM of 11-12. Fluviatile shales of Late Cretaceous age at depths of around 3900 m are interpreted as being the source for much of the paraffinic oil discovered to date.https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ83018
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