Interpretation of the gravity and magnetic anomalies of the ajdabiya trough in the sirt basin, libya

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-330

  Saheel, Ahmed Salem ^a   Samsudin, Abdul Rahim Bin ^b   Hamzah, Umar Bin ^b  

^a LIBYAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ajdabiya trough; Gravity data; Magnetic data; Sirt basin; Total horizontal derivative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953858780     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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