Trap architecture of the Early Cretaceous Sarir Sandstone in the eastern Sirt Basin, Libya

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 132, Issue , 1998, Pages 317-334

  Gras, Rutger ^a   Thusu, Bindra ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b ARABIAN GULF OIL COMPANY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRAP (GEOLOGY);

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SIRT BASIN;

EID: 0032311056     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.18     Document Type: Article

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