Burial history and thermal evolution of the northern and eastern Saharan basins

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1623-1651

  Makhous, M ^a   Galushkin, Yu I ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL WELLS;

THERMAL ACTIVATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MATURATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; SAHARA;

EID: 0142182786     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04300301122     Document Type: Article

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