Delineation of Organic Richness and Thermal History of the Lower Cretaceous Thamama Group, East Abu Dhabi: A Modeling Approach for Oil Exploration

GeoArabia

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-88

  Taher, Ahmed A ^a  

^a ADNOC   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL MATURITY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABU DHABI;

EID: 0030871856     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia020165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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