A common source rock for Egyptian and Saudi hydrocarbons in the Red Sea

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1640-1659

  Alsharhan, A S ^a,b   Salah, M G ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

^e Gulf Canada Resources Ltd   (Egypt)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOURCE ROCKS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SOURCE ROCKS;

RED SEA;

EID: 0031251853     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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