Estuarine deposits of the upper Qishn formation (Lower Cretaceous), Masila region, Yemen

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1306-1329

  Putnam, Peter E ^a   Kendall, George ^b   Winter, David A ^c  

^a Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^b Occidental Petroleum   (United States)

^c Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ESTUARINE DEPOSITS; LOWER CRETACEOUS SILICLASTIC LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CRETACEOUS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENT;

YEMEN, MASILA;

EID: 0031200922     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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