Burial and thermal history modelling of the Gafsa-Metlaoui intracontinental Basin (southern Tunisia): Implications for petroleum exploration

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-426

  Hlaiem, A ^a   Biju Duval, B ^b   Vially, R ^b   Laatar, E ^c   M'Rabet, A ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c Inst Sup Etud Technologiques G   (Tunisia)

^d ENTREPRISE TUNISIENNE D'ACTIVITÉS PÉTROLIÈRES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

BURIAL HISTORY; ONE DIMENSIONAL DETERMINISTIC MODEL; THERMAL HISTORY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BURIAL HISTORY; PETROLEUM POTENTIAL;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0031251733     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1997.tb00924.x     Document Type: Article

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