Geologic setting and hydrocarbon potential of north Sinai, Egypt

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 615-631

  Alsharhan, A S ^a   Salah, M G ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Desert and Mar Environ Res Centre   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; RESERVOIR; SOURCE ROCK;

EGYPT, SINAI;

EID: 0030436974     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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