Organic geochemical characteristics and depositional environments of the Jurassic shales in the Masila Basin of Eastern Yemen

GeoArabia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-64

  Hakimi, Mohammed H ^c   Abdullah, Wan H ^a   Shalaby, Mohamed R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGRAPHY; SHALE; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

MASILA BASIN; YEMEN;

EID: 79955854359     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia160147     Document Type: Article

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