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Index Note: Page references in italics refer to Figures; those in bold refer to Tables Abeokuta Formation 139 Benguela Basin 157 Abu Gharadig Basin 47 Benguela Current 51 Abu Gharadiq Rift 40 Benin Formation 152, 154 Acacus Formation 70 Benue Rift 53 Afar Plume 22, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 52 Benue River 50, 55, 151 Afar Swell 50 Benue Trough 47, 133, 155, 157, 162 Agadir Basin 100 Benue Valley 38, 47 Agbada Formation 152, 154, 154, 159-60, 161, Berkine Basin, Algeria 28 162 3-D seismic 257-73 Agedabia Trough 205, 232-7 acquisition footprint 264-5 Aghulhas-Falkland Fracture Zone 187 defining the noise 267 Aguia Formation 112, 117 dip moveout (DMO) 264 Ahaggar 51 footprint filtering by adaptive noise Ahnet Basin 2, 70, 72, 75, 81, 165, 169 estimation 268-71 Frasnian hot shales 169-70 importance of near-surface 259-61 Petroleum System 35 improving data quality 271-3 Ahwaz Delta 50 modelling technique to understand noise Aje Field, Nigeria 49, 137, 144, 156 footprint 265-7 Akata Formation 152, 154, 155, 155, 157, 158- noise 261 60, 161, 162 residual normal moveout (NMO) 264 A1 Uwaynat-Bahariyah Arch 70 statistics 261-4 Albert, Lake 5 traditional approaches to removing Albian unconformity 134 footprint 267-8 Alboran Basin 125 Boufekane Basin 77 Algerian Basin 82, 125 Boy6 Basin 25 Amal Field, Libya 11, 35, 203 Brazil sediment systems 249-53 Amal Formation 204 buildups, channels and fans 250-1 Amguid-E1 Biod Arch 70 Bredasdorp Basin 185 Angola escarpment 93 Aptian source rocks in 187-9 Antelat Formation 221,235 Bu Attifel 11 Anti-Atlas 65, 74--5, 77, 81 Anza Rift, Kenya 4, 40, 51 Calanscio Formation 215, 231,232 Aouinet Ouenine III Formation 176 Calanscio-A1 Uwaynat Arch 70 A-pippe 48, 51-2, 56 Campos Basin 157, 241,249-50, 251 Aptian Anoxic Basin 195 Campos Fault 249 Aptian Salt Basin 3, 6, 91, 241 Cap Juby oilfield 48 Apulian Platform 82 Cape Basin 194 Argile Frasienne Radioactive 171 Cape Fold Belt 30 ArgiUes Vertes Formation 117, 120, 123, 123, Ceiba Field, Equatorial Guinea 144 124, 124, 125, 126, 127 Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) Argo Basin 106, 111 Plume 22, 36-7, 36 Atlantic Hinge Zone 94 Chad Basin 48, 50 Atlas Basin 74 Chain Oceanic Fracture Zone 156, 156, 162 Atlas Mountains 33, 79-80 Chela Formation 117, 120, 117, 123, 123, 126, Augila-Nafoora Field 203 127 Chela Unconformity (Chela break) 117, 126 Badejo High 249 Coastal Block of Morocco 74 Barotse Basin, Angola 2 Congo Basin 5, 13, 40, 48, 50, 51, 157 Bechar Basin 72 Cuvette Central 29 Belier Field 137 offshore seismic data acquisition 1965-1999 Bemolanga tar sands, Madagascar 3 17 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/4525690/9781862394551_backmatter.pdf by guest on 29 September 2021 286 INDEX Congo Delta 139 Etel Formation 207, 215 Congo Fan 5, 11, 12, 52, 92, 241 Ethiopian Swell 50 density contrasts and gravity expressions 247 Etosha Basin of Angola and Namibia 2 extensional and contractional regimes 246 petroleum-related stratigraphy 243-9 Falcao Formation 117, 125, 127 rafts and inter-raft sediment transport fairways Falkland Plateau 186, 198 247 Falklands Plate 197 salt tectonics 246 fluid-inclusion analysis 275-81 structural controls on sedimentation 245-6 application 276-80 structural summary 247 characterization of oil 279 Congo River 50, 52, 91 fracture-bound oil 278 Cuvier Basin 106 inclusion oils in the Pre-Salt succession 276-7 Cuvo Formation 117 mixing of oils and sequence of oil charge 279 Cyrenaica Massif 82 potential for other analyses 279-80 Cyrenaica Platform 178-9, 205 thermal histories from inclusion populations 277-8 Dahomey Embayment 155, 162 Frasnian black shale 165-81 Dakar Swell 51 depositional model 180-1 Dallol Bosso 50 distribution 168-80 Darror Rift 3 Morocco 168-9 Deccan Plume 22, 37, 47 Western Algeria 169-71 Dentale Formation 112, 117, 120, 126 wireline logs 166-8 Diaz Marginal Fracture Ridge 197, 199 direct hydrocarbon indications (DHI) technique 4 Djeno Formation 112, 117, 122 Gabes Basin 4 Doba Basin 4, 47 Gabon Basin 40 coastal 13, 14 East African Rift Valley 4, 52 offshore 11 East African Swell 50 Gargaf Arch 70, 75 East Sirte Basin 203-39 gas reserves by basin 15 basin modelling syntheses and exploration discovered 1946-1999 16 implciations 228-38 Gascoyne Basin 106 Agedabia Trough 232-7 Gascoyne Cuvier Basin 111 basin modelling 229-31 Gazelle Field 141 Hameimat Trough 231-2 Ghadames (Grand Erg) Basin 2, 9, 10, 72, 78, Maragh Trough 237-8 165, 166, 168 Sarir Trough 237 Frasnian hot shales 171-7 candidate source-rock inventory 213-21 Gialo Formation 11, 206, 221 Cretaceous section 214 Grand Kabylie Massif 74 Paleogene section 218-21 Grand Lahou Basin 149 Palaeozoic section 213 Great Campos Basin 241 Triassic section 214 Guercif Basin 80 database 207 Gulf of Guinea transform margin 131--49 multivariate oil analysis and source-oil petroleum systems 139--40 correlation assignments 222-8 reservoirs 135-9 oils inversion analysis 207-13 Albian sandstones 137-9 biomarker characteristics and inferences Cenomanian-Maastrichtian sandstones 139 211-13 structural development 132-5 crude oil maturity 208-10 post-transform 134 stable isotope segregation 210--11 pre-transform 133 regional and petroleum geological overview syn-transform 133 204-7 trap and play types 140-9, 140 E1 Biod Ridge 46 channel/unconformity erosion traps 144-5 Erez Graben 78 early-middle post-transform Erva Formation 112, 117, 122 reservoirs/anticlinal traps 143--4 Espirito Basin 249-50 early-middle post-transform Espoir Field 137 reservoirs/stratigraphic traps 145-9 Essaouira Basin 77 late syn-transform reservoir/anticlinal 143 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/4525690/9781862394551_backmatter.pdf by guest on 29 September 2021 INDEX 287 ponded turbidites lapping against structures Lower Bucomazi Formation 117 145 Lower Congo Basin 10, 11, 13, 91, 92, 93, 94, Gulf of Suez Basin 9, 11 94, 95, 96, 99, 101,241 Lucula Formation 117 Hadley Cell circulation 51 Lukunga Formation 112, 117 Hagfa Formation 207 Hagfa-Kheir Formation 218 Madiela Formation 126 Hameimat Trough 215, 231-2 Malawi, Lake 5 Hamra Basin 2 Maragh Trough 207, 214, 237-8 Hangenberg Event 181 Marahao Basin 36 Harash Formation 218-21 'Marion' Plume 22 Hassi Messaoud Arch 78 Marnes Noires Formation 112, 117, 122-3, 122, Hassi Messaoud Field 2, 25, 28, 35, 46 123, 126, 127 Hassi Messaoud High 9, 10, 11 Maurice Ewing Bank 199 Hassi'R Mel Field 3, 11, 46, 78 Mauritanides 75 High Atlas Basin 75-7 Messla Field 203 Hoggar-Air Domain 62 Middle Atlas Basin 75 Hoggar-T6ner6 Domain 62 Missour Basin 75, 80 Hoggar Massif 70 Moroccan Coastal Block 70 Morocco Ibex Field 141 cf Angola salt tectonics 97-100 Ibhubezi Field 4 Late Palaeozoic tectonics 72-3 Illizi Basin 2, 46, 70, 72, 165, 168 Mouydir Basin 171 Frasnian hot shales 171-6 Muglad Basin 9 Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) 51 Murzuk Basin 2, 28, 66, 70, 72, 75, 177-8 Ise Formation 133 Ivorian Basin 131, 132 NAACOQRS 25-6, 28, 29, 30, 31, 53 Ivorian-Tano Basin 140 Nafusa Arch 75 Najd system 24 Jebel Mgoun 79 Nasser field 11 Jebel Toubkal 79 Newark Rift 3, 33, 40 Jos Plateau 50 Niger Basin 5, 48 Niger Delta 10-14, 50-5, 56, 135, 139, 140 Kalahari Basin 2, 48 offshore seismic data acquisition 1969-1999 Kalash Formation 218 18 Karroo Foreland Basin 50, 56 offshore seismic data acquisition 1970-1999 Karroo mesasequence 2-3 18 Karroo Plume 22, 37--40, 37, 39, 53 petroleum generation and migration 151-63 Karroo-Plume-induced interval of plate-arrest (K- migration pathways 159-60 pippe) 38, 40, 43, 53, 56 play fairways 160-1 Kellwasser facies 168-9 source rocks and maturity 155-9 Kerguelen Plume 22, 37 stratigraphic framework 152-5 Keta Basin 133, 135, 149 Niger River 52, 137 Keta Sub-basin 140 Nile Basin 5 Khemisset Basin 77 Nile Delta 11, 12, 14, 50, 51, 52, 53 Kudu Field, Namibia 4, 11, 141 offshore seismic data acquisition 1968-1999 Kufra Basin 2, 178-9 19 Kun Lun, China 72 Nile 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discovery 3 Panthere Field 141 Souss Basin 77 Paraiba River 250 South African Swell 51 Parana Basin, brazil 66, 252 South Tano Basin 149 Paraiba Basin, Brazil 66 Southern Oklahoma Rift 30, 40 Pelagian Basin 11 Southern Outeniqua Basin 185, 186, 187 Perth Basin 106, 111 Aptian source rocks in 197-200 Pharusian Belt 62, 64 Sudd Basin 48 Ponta Grossa Arch 252 Suez Graben 4 Pontian Regression 126 Suez Rift 51, 52 Potiguar Basin 45, 45, 46, 133 pre-Aptian hinge 249 Tadla Basin 80 pre-Chela unconformity 127 Tadrart Formation 70 ProvenNal Basin 125 Tagrifet Formation 207 Takatu Rift 33 Quallen Basin 65 Tan Tan Delta River 42 Tanganyika,
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