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DOI10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.09.027
Structural evolution of the Abu Gharadig field area, Northern Western Desert, Egypt
El Gazzar, A. M.1; Moustafa, A. R.2; Bentham, P.1
通讯作者El Gazzar, A. M.
来源期刊JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN1464-343X
EISSN1879-1956
出版年2016
卷号124页码:340-354
英文摘要

Discovered in 1969, the Abu Gharadig (AG) Field was the first large hydrocarbon discovery in the Abu Gharadig Basin of the Western Desert of Egypt. Oil production began in 1973, with gas brought into production in 1975. The field produces mainly from upper Cretaceous clastic reservoirs.


The AG Basin is an E-W trending intracratonic rift basin, about 330 km long and 50-75 km wide. It was initially formed as a large half graben basin during the Jurassic time in response to Tethyan rifting and continued to subside throughout the Cretaceous time. The half graben was subsequently inverted during the Late Cretaceous as part of the Syrian Arc deformation which affected northern Egypt. The Mid-Basin Arch, the AG Anticline, and the Mubarak High are three NE-SW oriented main inversion anticlines located within the AG Basin and are controlled by inversion of pre-existing Jurassic rift faults. The AG Anticline has an overall NE-SW orientation with a gentle plunge towards the NE and SW. It is locally bounded by two NE-SW-trending inverted faults on the southwest and northeast, accounting for the asymmetry of the anticline. Reverse offset of Cretaceous horizons is obvious at these inverted faults. Fault propagation folding is developed above the tips of the inverted faults at the Late Cretaceous Abu Roash and Khoman Formations. Based on thickness changes and stratigraphic relationships, inversion started during the Santonian time and continued into the Campanian-Maastrichtian. Inversion continued during deposition of the Paleocene-Middle Eocene Apollonia Formation and the Late Eocene-Oligocene Dabaa Formation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Abu Gharadig field Northern western desert Egypt Inverted basins Inversion folds
类型Article
语种英语
国家Egypt
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000389388700025
WOS关键词GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ; TECTONIC EVOLUTION ; ARABIAN PLATFORM ; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN ; JURASSIC SYSTEM ; SOURCE ROCKS ; NEO-TETHYS ; AFRICA ; SINAI ; INVERSION
WOS类目Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Geology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/193935
作者单位1.BP Egypt, Maadi, Egypt;
2.Ain Shams Univ, Dept Geol, Cairo, Egypt
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El Gazzar, A. M.,Moustafa, A. R.,Bentham, P.. Structural evolution of the Abu Gharadig field area, Northern Western Desert, Egypt[J],2016,124:340-354.
APA El Gazzar, A. M.,Moustafa, A. R.,&Bentham, P..(2016).Structural evolution of the Abu Gharadig field area, Northern Western Desert, Egypt.JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES,124,340-354.
MLA El Gazzar, A. M.,et al."Structural evolution of the Abu Gharadig field area, Northern Western Desert, Egypt".JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 124(2016):340-354.
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