The hydrocarbon prospectivity of lower oligocene deposits in the Maragh through, SE Sirt Basin, Libya

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-231

  Gruenwald, R ^a  

^a WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; HYDROCARBONS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

OIL GENERATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SIRT BASIN;

EID: 0035304432     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2001.tb00668.x     Document Type: Article

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