Palaeohighs: Their influence on the North African Palaeozoic petroleum systems

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 707-724

  Eschard, R ^a   Braik, F ^b   Bekkouche, D ^b   Ben Rahuma, M ^c   Desaubliaux, G ^a,d   Deschamps, R ^a   Proust, J N ^e  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^c LIBYAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d GDF SUEZ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Palaeohighs; Palaeozoic; Petroleum system; Stratigraphic architecture; Stratigraphic trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052527820     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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