Organic facies and thermal maturity of Late Aptian to Early Cenomanian shelf deposits, Northern Sinai (Egypt)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 251-278

  Kim, Junghyun ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Bachmann, Martina ^a   Kuss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Maximum burial depth; Mid Cretaceous; Migrabitumen reflectance; Northern Sinai; Organic facies; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC FACIES; THERMAL MATURITY;

HYDROCARBONS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; CRETACEOUS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033086879     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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