Reconstruction of the original organic richness in weathered Silurian shale outcrops (Murzuq and Kufra basins, southern Libya)

GeoArabia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Lüning, Sebastian ^a   Kolonic, Sadat ^b   Loydell, David K ^c   Craig, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d ENI Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; SHALE; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCK; WEATHERING; WELL LOGGING;

KUFRA BASIN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MURZUQ BASIN;

EID: 0037655056     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0802299     Document Type: Article

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