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Article: SYRIA - The Mesozoic.
- Article from:
- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- March 3, 2008
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An era of major tectonic movements, the Mesozoic in Syria began with a rich Triassic sequence of carbonates, mainly limestone and dolomite. Shales and evaporites developed in a succession called "Mulussa" or "Dola'". There were also migrations from sands of the Late Permian age close to the terminal Paleozoic. Good anhydrite seals developed, holding fairly large hydrocarbon accumulations.
Major hydrocarbon traps are found within the Triassic sequence. They consist of inter-bedded Mulussa carbonates, shales, and evaporites. They include the gas and condensate discoveries made by Marathon of the US in a block (now operated by Petro-Canada) and adjacent areas of the ...