Organic geochemistry of the Cenomanian-Turonian sequence in the Bakr area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Mostafa, Alaa R ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Event stratigraphy; Organic matter; Source rock; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033083175     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.5.1.43     Document Type: Article

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