Controls on the distribution of nummulite facies: a case study from the late Ypresian el Garia formation (Kesra Plateau, Central Tunisia)

• Published in: Journal of Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Jorry, S., Davaud, Eric Jean, Caline, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; reservoir geology; carbonate sedimentology; micropaleontology; Eocene; sequence stratigraphy; Plateau Central; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:14403

Eocene nummulite deposits along the southern Tethys margin locally constitute important hydrocarbon reservoir rocks. In order to understand the heterogeneity of these complex reservoirs, we have carried out a detailed field study of the nummulite limestones which crop out at the Kesra Plateau in Cen...