Petrology and depositional evolution of the Paleozoic rocks of Iraq

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-231

  Al Juboury, Ali I ^a   Al Hadidy, Aboosh H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b North Oil Company   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Depositional environment; Iraq; Lithology; Paleozoic; Petrography; Subsurface study

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; IRAQ; PALEOZOIC; SUBSURFACE STUDY;

GALLIUM; LITHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; UNCONFORMITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

ARA; ORA;

EID: 58149241184     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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