Sedimentology and play potential of the late Neoproterozoic Buah carbonates of Oman

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 11-36

  Cozzi, Andrea ^a   Al Siyabi, Hisham A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 5444266565     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia090411     Document Type: Article

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