Hydrocarbon plays and prospectivity of the Levantine basin, offshore Lebanon and Syria from modern seismic data

GeoArabia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 99-124

  Roberts, Glyn ^a   Peace, David ^b  

^a GGS Spectrum's Non Exclusive Survey Department   (United Kingdom)

^b SD Exploration Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESOZOIC; OIL SEEP; SEISMIC DATA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; LEBANON; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 34447135694     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia120399     Document Type: Article

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