Alamein basin hydrocarbon potential of the Jurassic-Cretaceous source rocks, North Western Desert, Egypt

Oil Gas European Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 22-28

  Younes, Mohamed Abdel Aziz ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

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BIOMARKERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; ROCKS;

SULFUR CONTENTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0036746875     PISSN: 03425622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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