Petroleum prospects of Lebanon: Some remarks from sedimentological and diagenetic studies of Jurassic carbonates

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-441

  Nader, Fadi H ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Meteoric diagenesis; Qartaba 'horst' structure; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

LEBANON; METEORIC DIAGENESIS; PRE-JURASSIC RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

EXPLORATORY OIL WELL DRILLING;

CARBONATE ROCK; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2542433369     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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