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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 177-194, 1994

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JORDAN REVISITED: HYDROCARBONS HABITAT AND POTENTIAL

Z. R. Beydoun *, A. R. I. Futyan ** and A. H. Jawzi**

*American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

** Futyan Jawzi and Associates, Llandudno, Gwynedd, UK


Abstract

A thick succession of sedimentary rocks comprising mainly Paleozoic shallow-Previous HitmarineNext Hit and fluvial deposits and Mesozoic and Paleogene Previous HitmarineNext Hit carbonates with subordinate clastics and evaporites occurs in Jordan. These are preserved in several basins including: Late Paleozoic inverted basins with thick Infra-Cambrian to Silurian successions in the south east and NE; and younger Late Cretaceous and/or Tertiary basins in the centre and west in which Mesozoic Previous HitmarineTop shelf sediments and/or thick rift-related Neogene sediments are well-developed.

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