Depositional environments and characterisation of the organic matter of the Lower Mundeck Formation (Barremian ?-Aptian) of the Kribi-Campo sub-basin (South Cameroon): Implications for petroleum exploration

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-219

  Ntamak Nida, Marie Joseph ^a   Baudin, François ^b   Schnyder, Johann ^b   Makong, Jean Claude ^a   Komguem, Paul Bertrand ^a   Abolo, Guy Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c National Hydrocarbon Corporation   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Fluviatile lacustrine environments; Palynofacies; Petroleum potential; Source rock; Syn rift sequence

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OIL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; OUTCROP; PYROLYSIS; SOURCE ROCK;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; KRIBI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUD PROVINCE; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 44149097810     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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