Hydrocarbon potential of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana Depression, northern Kenya. I. Reservoirs: Depositional environments, diagenetic characteristics, and source rock-reservoir relationships

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-62

  Tiercelin, J J ^a,b   Potdevin, J L ^c   Morley, C K ^d   Talbot, M R ^e   Bellon, H ^a,b   Rio, A ^a,b   Le Gall, B ^a,b   Vetel W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anza Rift; Fluvio lacustrine sandstone; Meso Cenozoic; Reservoir characteristic; Turkana depression

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPACTION; HYDROCARBONS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SANDSTONE;

CEMENTATION; OIL EXPLORATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CENOZOIC; DIAGENESIS; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PROVENANCE; RESERVOIR ROCK; RIFT ZONE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA BASIN;

EID: 1542380445     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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