Subaerial exposure and meteoric diagenesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Upper Sarvak Formation, southwestern Iran

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 330, Issue , 2010, Pages 253-272

  Hajikazemi, E ^a   Al Aasm, I S ^a   Coniglio, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; DIAGENESIS; FACIES; OIL FIELD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK;

IRAN;

EID: 77956020777     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP330.12     Document Type: Article

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