Origin and diagenetic evolution of kaolin in reservoir sandstones and associated shales of the Jurassic and Cretaceous, Salam Field, Western Desert (Egypt)

International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publications

Volumn , Issue 34, 2002, Pages 319-342

  Marfil, R ^a   Delgado, A ^b   Rossi, C ^a   La Iglesia, A ^a   Ramseyer, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; KAOLIN; SANDSTONE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; MATRUH; NORTH AFRICA; SALAM FIELD;

EID: 1842832740     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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