Late Ordovician glaciogenic reservoir heterogeneity: An example from the Murzuq Basin, Libya

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-677

  Le Heron, Daniel Paul ^a   Craig, Jonathan ^b   Sutcliffe, Owen E ^c   Whittington, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gondwana glaciation; Libya; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

GLACIOGENIC RESERVIOR; HYDROCARBON RESERVES; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MURZUQ BASIN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33748083030     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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