The development of Middle Cretaceous carbonate platforms, Persian Gulf, Iran: Constraints from seismic stratigraphy, well and biostratigraphy

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Farzadi, Pourdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbonate platform; Late growth build up; Middle Cretaceous; Persian Gulf; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; LITHOLOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33344463092     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-654     Document Type: Article

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