Regional stratigraphic architecture and reservoir types of the Oligo-Miocene deposits in the Dezful Embayment (Asmari and Pabdeh Formations) SW Iran

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 329, Issue , 2010, Pages 219-263

  van Buchem, F S P ^a,b   Allan, T L ^c   Laursen, G V ^d   Lotfpour, M ^e,f   Moallemi, A ^e   Monibi, S ^e   Motiei, H ^g   Pickard, N A H ^h   Tahmasbi, A R ⁱ   Vedrenne, V ^a   Vincent, B ^a,h  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^f KEPS   (Iran)

^g NIOC RandD   (Iran)

^h CAMBRIDGE CARBONATES LTD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURDIGALIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EUSTACY; LITHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

DEZFUL EMBAYMENT; IRAN;

EID: 77955995649     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP329.10     Document Type: Article

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