The influence of platform morphology and sea level on the development of a carbonate sequence: the Harash Formation, Eastern Sirt Basin, Libya

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 132, Issue , 1998, Pages 335-353

  Spring, D ^a,b   Hansen, O P ^b,c  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b Exploration and Production   (Belgium)

^c Fina Exploration Norway ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

LIBERIA;

EID: 0032469492     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.19     Document Type: Article

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