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Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin and its significance for hydrocarbon prospectivity in the ultradeepwater of the Nile Delta
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The Northeast Mediterranean Deepwater Area (41 500 km2) was awarded to Shell Egypt in July 1998 and operations started on 1 February 1999 to acquire a 7000-km, 2D (6-km cable, 8 s, 120-fold) seismic survey as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The Northeast Mediterranean Deepwater Area (41 500 km2) was awarded to Shell Egypt in July 1998. Operations started on 1 February 1999 to acquire a 7000-km, 2-D (6-km cable, 8 s, 120-fold) seismic survey. Key pre-1999 data included a 1500-km 2-D seismic (1973 vintage). In December 1999 Exxon Exploration and Production, Egypt acquired a 25% interest in the concession.read more
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The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences
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Deepwater fold and thrust belt classification, tectonics, structure and hydrocarbon prospectivity: A review
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Mud volcanoes, gas chimneys, pockmarks and mounds in the Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean): geophysical evidences
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The Messinian Salinity Crisis from mega-deposits to microbiology – A consensus report
Marco Roveri,Josefa Antón,M N Cagatay,G. J. de Lange,Rachel Flecker,Gaullier,N Gunde-Cmerman,Christian Hübscher,Wout Krijgsman,P Lambregts,Johanna Lofi,Stefano Lugli,Manzi,Terry J. McGenity,F. J. Sierro,J-P Suc +15 more
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The Nile deep-sea fan : An example of interacting sedimentation, salt tectonics, and inherited subsalt paleotopographic features
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