A 3D outcrop analogue model for Ypresian nummulitic carbonate reservoirs: Jebel Ousselat, northern Tunisia

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-161

  Vennin, E ^a   van Buchem, F S P ^b   Joseph, P ^b   Gaumet, F ^b   Sonnenfeld, Marc ^c   Rebelle, M ^c   Fakhfakh Ben Jemia, H ^d   Zijlstra, H ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d ENTREPRISE TUNISIENNE D'ACTIVITÉS PÉTROLIÈRES   (Tunisia)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthonic foraminifera; Carbonate reservoir; Event stratigraphy; Nummulites; Palaeoecology; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE RAMP; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOECOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0037530170     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-505     Document Type: Article

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