Silurian - Lower Devonian black shales in Morocco: Which are the organically richest horizons?

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-311

  Luning S ^a,f   Loydell, D K ^b   Sutcliffe, O ^c   Ait Salem, A ^d   Zanella, E ^a   Craig, J ^a   Harper, D A T ^e  

^a Lasmo Plc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ONAREP   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHALE;

BLACK SHALES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BLACK SHALE; DEVONIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; SILURIAN;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0343022348     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2000.tb01021.x     Document Type: Article

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