Seismic forward model of a Natih Formation outcrop: The Adam Foothills Transect (northern Oman)

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-44

  Schwab, Anne M ^a   Homewood, Peter W ^b   van Buchem, Frans S P ^c   Razin, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 12344322721     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia100117     Document Type: Article

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