Effects of the Permian-Triassic boundary on reservoir characteristics of the South Pars gas field, Persian Gulf

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-364

  Rahimpour Bonab, Hossain ^a   Asadi Eskandar, Ashkan ^a   Sonei, Roshanak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoirs; Iran; Permian Triassic boundary; Persian Gulf; South Pars gas field

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; P-T CONDITIONS; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TRANSGRESSION;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 69749109167     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1148     Document Type: Article

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