Thermal History of the Lower and Middle Cretaceous Source Rocks in Kuwait

GeoArabia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-164

  Abdullah, Fowzia H A ^a   Nederlof, Peter J R ^b   Ormerod, Mark P ^b   Kinghorn, Robert R F ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WINDOW; SOURCE ROCK; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0031472047     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0202151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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