Structural Elements of Onshore Kuwait

GeoArabia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-266

  Carman, George J ^a  

^a KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; FAULT; OIL FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0030390068     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0102239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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