Rift Basin Sequence Stratigraphy: Some Examples from the Gulf Of Suez

GeoArabia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-358

  Wescott, William A ^a   Krebs, William N ^a   Dolson, John C ^b   Karamat, Salah A ^b   Nummedal, Dag ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company   (Egypt)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MIOCENE; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

RED SEA, GULF OF SUEZ;

EID: 0030436995     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0102343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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