Middle to Upper Jurassic Saudi Arabian carbonate petroleum reservoirs: Biostratigraphy, micropalaeontology and palaeoenvironments

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 79-114

  Hughes, Geraint Wyn ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE ROCK; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; JURASSIC; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 3242881348     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia090379     Document Type: Article

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