Source rock potential of the phosphorite-bituminous chalk-marl sequence in Jordan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-425

  Abed, Abdulkader M ^a   Arouri, Khaled R ^b   Boreham, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oil shale; Phosphorite; Source rock. Jordan

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORITE; PRISTINE PHOSPHORITE; SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL;

ASPHALT; COMPOSITION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; LITHOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

CHALK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARL; OIL SHALE; PHOSPHORITE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOURCE ROCK; TETHYS;

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

EID: 15344350259     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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