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1 online resource (xxxiv, 843, 99 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Summary |
The wealth of petroleum has made the Middle East one of the most actively explored regions of the world. The volume of geological, geophysical and geochemical data collected by the petroleum industry in recent decades is enormous. The Middle East may be a unique region in the world where the volume of subsurface data and information exceeds that based on surface outcrop. This book reviews the tectonic and geological history of the Middle East and the regional hydrocarbon potential on a country by country basis in the context of current ideas developed through seismic and sequence stratigraphy and incorporating the ideas of global sea level change. Subsurface data have been used as much as possible to amplify the descriptions. The paleogeographic approach provides a means to view the area as a whole. While the country by country approach inevitably leads to some repetition, it enhances the value of the volume as a teaching tool and underlines some of the changing lithologies within formations carrying the same name. |
| Contents |
Chapter headings: An Introductory Overview. The Geological History and Structural Elements of the Middle East. Infracambrian of the Middle East. The Early Paleozoic Quiescent Phase in the Middle East: The Sauk Cycle and the Early Part of the Tippecanoe Cycle. The Early-Late Paleozoic of the Middle East: The Kaskaskia Cycle. The End of the Paleozoic and the Early Mesozoic of the Middle East: The Absaroka Cycle. The Late Mesozoic Part of the Zuni Cycle in the Middle East: The Jurassic. The Late Mesozoic Part of the Zuni Cycle in the Middle East: The Cretaceous. The Latest Part of the Zuni and Tejas Cycles of the Middle East: The Cenozoic. Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Middle East. Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Greater Arabian Basin. The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Zagros Basin. The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Oman Basin. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 775-811) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Sedimentary basins -- Middle East.
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Geology, Structural -- Middle East.
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Petroleum -- Geology -- Middle East.
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Geology, Structural
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Petroleum -- Geology
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Sedimentary basins
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Middle East
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| Added Author |
Nairn, A. E. M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alsharhan, A.S. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the Middle East. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1997 0444824650 9780444824653 (DLC) 97048322 (OCoLC)38010687 |
| ISBN |
128131160X |
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9781281311603 |
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9786611311605 |
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6611311602 |
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008054083X |
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9780080540832 |
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9780444824653 |
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0444824650 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048129564 |
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DEBBG BV039831862 |
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DEBBG BV042309090 |
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DEBSZ 367773813 |
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NZ1 12433651 |
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NZ1 15191617 |
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