Aptian source rocks in some South African Cretaceous basins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 207, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-202

  van der Spuy, D ^a  

^a Petroleum Agency SA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BOREHOLE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; SEISMIC DATA; SOURCE ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; OUTENIQUA BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 0141563436     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.207.10     Document Type: Article

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