Modelling and simulation of a Jurassic carbonate ramp outcrop, Amellago, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-123

  Shekhar, R ^a   Sahni, I ^a   Benson, G ^a   Agar, S ^a   Amour, F ^b   Tomas S ^b   Christ, N ^c   Alway, R ^a   Mutti, M ^b   Immenhauser, A ^c   Karcz, Z ^a   Kabiri, L ^d  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

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EID: 84893747704     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2013-010     Document Type: Article

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