Petroleum source and reservoir rock re-evaluation in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya, NE Chad, NW Sudan)

Lüning, Sebastian; Craig, Jonathan; Fitches, Bill; Mayouf, Juma; Busrewil, A.; Dieb, Mufta El; Gammudi, A.; Loydell, David K.

doi:10.1016/b978-044450611-5/50010-6

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“…;Greigert and Pougnet, 1967), in Cyrenaica (Wennekers et al, 1996) (Fig. 7), in al Kufrah Basin (Lü ning et al, 2000), in southeastern Egypt (Hammamat Group;Geological Survey of Egypt, 1981), and in the Jafr Basin of southern Jordan (Keegan et al, 1990). Rift salt basins developed along eastern Arabia (Alsharan and Nairn, 1997;Galeazzi et al, 2001).…”

Section: Early Cambrian Basins and Tectonicsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview

Guiraud

Bosworth

Thierry

et al. 2005

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Section: Early Cambrian Basins and Tectonicsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview

Guiraud

Bosworth

Thierry

et al. 2005

Journal of African Earth Sciences

673

432

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“…Sequence NA 1 is bounded below by SB 1, which separates Precambrian basement as well as the locally occuring "Infracambrian" Mourzidie Formation below, from Cambrian sediments above. The Mourzidie Formation has been reported in the Kufra Basin (Lüning et al, 2000a), Murzuq Basin (Bellini and Massa, 1980;Aziz, 2000) and Ghadames Basin (Bellini and Massa, 1981). Equivalents are found in Algeria (Whiteman, 1971) and Morocco (Destombes et al, 1985).…”

Section: Sequence Na 1: Early Cambrian To Late Ordovician (Figs 2 and 3)mentioning

confidence: 93%

Second‐order Sequence Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of North Africa

Carr¹

2002

Journal of Petroleum Geology

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A synthesis of the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic succession of North Africa is presented. Two chronostratigraphic correlation panels have been constructed at roughly right angles to each other across North Africa, in WNW-ESE and NNW-SSE orientations. The panels illustrate the way in which sedimentology and hydrocarbon geology vary across the continent through time. The Palaeozoic succession is divided into five second-order sequences (NA 1, Early Cambrian to Late Ordovician; NA 2, Late Ordovician to Late Silurian; NA 3, Devonian; NA 4, Carboniferous; NA 5, Permian), with sequence boundaries, maximum flooding surfaces and systems tracts being defined for NA 1 to NA 4. Palaeogeographic reconstructions for the North African region from the Cambrian to the Carboniferous are illustrated, and a sea-level curve based on the panels and palaeogeographic reconstructions is compared to other published sea-level curves. The proximity of the North African region to the South Pole during the Palaeozoic and its relative tectonic stability suggest that sea-level curves derived from the area should closely reflect Palaeozoic glacio-eustasy. This study may be used to investigate the occurrence of reservoir, seal and source rocks away from areas of data control, and is intended to provide a useful framework for future third-order studies. SECOND-ORDER SEQUENCES WITHIN THE NORTH AFRICAN PALAEOZOICIn this section, each sequence is described in terms of key surfaces and general characteristics; within each sequence, systems tracts have been defined by age, bounding

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“…4C, D) is a well-established marker for the lower Silurian (Seilacher 1996) and occurs abundantly in several horizons of the Akakus sandstones in all three areas studied in the Kufra Basin. The scarcity of other biostratigraphic information makes a correct identi cation of this trilobite trace the basis of sound regional stratigraphic interpretations in the area (Lüning et al 2000c). Notably only Cruziana acacensis plana is represented in Jebel Eghei, while the more complex other subspecies known from the Murzuq Basin (Seilacher 1996) are absent.…”

Section: Silurianmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ichnostratigraphic correlation of Lower Palaeozoic clastics in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya)

Seilacher

Lüning

Martin³

et al. 2002

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The Lower Palaeozoic deposits in North Africa are dominated by sandstones and shales which often lack biostratigraphically useful body fossils. Trilobite burrows (Cruziana) partly fill this gap and provide the basis for medium‐resolution stratigraphic interpretations. Several Ordovician‐Silurian ichnostratigraphically significant Cruziana forms have been found and studied in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya), including C. goldfussi and C. furcifera from the Lower Ordovician Hawaz Fm. and a new ichnospecies, C. kufraensis, occurring in transgressive sandstones at the base of the Lower Silurian Tanezzuft Fm. The upper Tanezzuft Fm. and Akakus Fm. typically contain C. acacensis, a form that is characteristic of the Lower Silurian of Northern Gondwana.

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Petroleum source and reservoir rock re-evaluation in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya, NE Chad, NW Sudan)

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview

Phanerozoic geological evolution of Northern and Central Africa: An overview

Second‐order Sequence Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of North Africa

Ichnostratigraphic correlation of Lower Palaeozoic clastics in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya)

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