Structural influence on hydrocarbon entrapment in the northwestern Red Sea, Egypt

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-118

  Salah, M G ^a,b,c,d   Alsharhan, A S ^a,e  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

^d Gulf Canada Research Ltd   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBONS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK; TECTONICS;

RED SEA;

CARBONATES; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

EGYPT; FAULT SYSTEM; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 0029667454     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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