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GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS AND GEOTHERMAL OIL GENERATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
Ibrahim M. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of petroleum geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1747-5457
pISSN - 0141-6421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1984.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , geology , paleozoic , cretaceous , source rock , geochemistry , petroleum , paleontology , petrology , structural basin
Local geothermal gradients in South Iraq were used in calculating the time‐temperature indices of source rock maturation, as modified by Waples (1980). Accordingly, Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic and probably Paleozoic rocks are calculated to be with in the thermal petroleum generative zone in several parts of southern Iraq.