Regional depositional setting and pore network systems of the El Garia Formation (Metlaoui Group, Lower Eocene), offshore Tunisia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 132, Issue , 1998, Pages 355-374

  Loucks, R G ^a   Moody, R T J ^b   Bellis, J K ^a   Brown, A A ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PORE SPACE;

TUNISIA;

ALGAE; DISCOCYCLINIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; NUMMULITES;

EID: 0032468310     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.20     Document Type: Article

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