A regional chemostratigraphically-defined correlation framework for the late Triassic TAG-I Formation in Blocks 402 and 405a, Algeria

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-12

  Ratcliffe, K T ^a   Martin, J ^a   Pearce, T J ^a   Hughes, A D ^b   Lawton, D E ^c   Wray, D S ^d   Bessa, F ^e  

^a Chemostrat Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Canary Wharf   (United Kingdom)

^c BHP Billiton Petroleum   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e SONATRACH   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphy; Fluvial; Fluvio lacustrine; Lithostratigraphy; Sedimentology; TAG I

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33344469949     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-669     Document Type: Article

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