Aptian–Albian shale oil unconventional system as registration of Cretaceous oceanic anoxic sub-events in the southern Tethys (Bir M’Cherga basin, Tunisia)

Abstract The Bir M’Cherga basin (North-east Tunisia), with about 600 km2 area, had recorded four Middle Cretaceous source rocks well stratigraphically correlated with the four known oceanic anoxic sub-events: OAE1a, OAE1b, OAE1c, and OAE1d. Variety of lithology, thickness and organic richness had ch...

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Main Authors: Rachida Talbi, Rached Lakhdar, Amor Smati, Reginal Spiller, Raymond Levey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-018-0577-6