Carbonate deposition and hydrocarbon reservoir development at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary: The Ara Group in South Oman

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-28

  Schröder, Stefan ^a,b,d   Grotzinger, John P ^b   Amthor, Joachim E ^c   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Carbonate ramps; Ediacaran; Oman; Reservoir rocks; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE RAMP; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PRECAMBRIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

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

ARA;

EID: 25444484954     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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