Palynological, palynofacies, paleoenvironmental and organic geochemical studies on the Upper Cretaceous succession of the GPTSW-7 well, North Western Desert, Egypt

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-385

  El Beialy, Salah Y ^a   El Atfy, Haytham S ^a   Zavada, Michael S ^b   El Khoriby, Essam M ^a   Abu Zied, Ramadan H ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Egypt; Organic Geochemistry; Palynofacies; Palynology; Rock Eval

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; ANOXIC BASINS; BLACK SHALES; CENOMANIAN; DRY GAS; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK-EVAL; ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS; SHALLOW MARINE; SIDEWALL CORES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL ALTERATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURONIAN; UPPER CRETACEOUS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; WESTERN DESERT; WESTERN DESERT , EGYPT;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; KEROGEN; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ORGANIC CARBON;

CENOMANIAN; CONIACIAN; CUTTING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GAS WELL; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANTONIAN; THERMAL ALTERATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURONIAN; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

AFROPOLLIS; ARECACEAE; ARIADNAESPORITES; CLASSOPOLLIS; CONIACIAN; DINOGYMNIUM; ELATEROCOLPITES; ELATEROPLICITES; ELATEROSPORITES; ELATEROSPORITES KLASZII; EPHEDRIPITES; FOVEOTRICOLPITES; GABONISPORIS VIGOUROUXII; PROTEACIDITES; SENEGALOSPORITES; SOFREPITES;

EID: 72449150104     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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