Constraining the burial history of the Ghadames Basin, North Africa: An integrated analysis using sonic velocities, vitrinite reflectance data and apatite fission track ages

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-578

  Underdown, R ^a   Redfern, Jonathan ^a   Lisker, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA; BERKINE BASIN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 36749009032     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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