The Subsurface Geology of the Wafra Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia neutral zone). [Personal copy of eminent geologit William Daniel Gill / Excellent Association - copy with inscription of Sahabi to Gill]. With special reference to the stratigraphy of the Cenomanian. Original Thesis (printed with hand-coloured sections) submitted for the Degree of Master of Science of the University of London.

[Gill, William Daniel] / Sahabi, Fereydoun.

Edité par London, Oil Technology Department of the Imperial College., 1966

Quarto. Pagination: 25 pages text with 23, often large (!) fold-out-maps (some hand-coloured). Hardcover / Private cloth-binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: This set belonged to William Daniel Gill who held it at one point in the Watts Library. It was sold to us from the private collection of geologist Dave Naylor who had this set gifted to him by William Daniel Gill. Inscribed by Fereydoun Sahabi on the endpaper: "To Professor W.D.Gill with best compliments - F. Sahabi - Jan. 1967". One of the extremely Rare publications on the Geology of Kuwait ! Includes: History of the Oil Development in the Neutral Zone / General Geology of the Neutral Zone and Surrounding Regions / Regional Structural Geology / Regional Stratigraphy / Regional Petroleum Geology / Stratigraphy of the Wafra Field / Regional Stratigraphy of the Middle and Lower Cretaceous / Ratawi Formation / Zubair Formation / Thamama Formation / Wasia Group / Mauddud Formation / Burghan Formation (Third Sand Zone) / The Aruma Group / Hasa Group / Kuwait Group (Miocene-Pliocene) / The Structure of the Wafra Field / The Origin of the Wafra Anticline / Stratigraphy of the Cenomanian Oil Sand / Origin of the Wafra Sand / With stunning Maps of the Region, detailed Maps of Geology and Sediment Deposits etc.: Maps include: 1.Regional Setting of the Area (The Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone in its regional Setting (see Illustration) 2. Distribution Map of the Middle East Oil Fields (!!) 3. Diagramatic cross section through the Middle East Geosyncline 4. Diagramatic section in South Iran 5. Stratigraphic Succession in neutral Zone 6. North-South Litho-Stratigraphical Section through the Neutral Zone 7. East-West Stratigraphic and structural cross section in Neutral Zone 8. First Sand Zone-orbitolina concava limestone contact 9. Structure contour map on Base of Mauddud Formation in Wafra Field 10. Structure contour map on top of Cenomanian in Wafra Field 11. Structure contour map on top of Maestruchtian in Wafra Field 12. Structure contour map on top of First Anhydrite 13. Usapach of internal between top of Maestruchtian and top of Cenomanian 14.Isapach map of Wara Fromation 15. Summary of structural history in Neutral Zone 16. Stratigraphical classification of the Cenomanian in Wafra Field 17. The Dimensional correlation of Cenomanian in Wafra Field etc. etc. Fereydun Sahabi (born 1937 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian academic, writer, translator, and social activist. He was the first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the second in the administration of President of Iran after the Iranian revolution. He was the third son of Yadollah Sahabi and the brother of Ezzatollah Sahabi. Fereydun Sahabi was born in Iran in 1937. He did an MPhil in geology and exploration of petroleum from the University of London. After returning to Iran, he worked as a professor at the University of Tehran. Sahabi was a member of the National Front at the University of Tehran. He was active in the European Student Confederation. He was elected as a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in 1979. After the Iranian Revolution, he was elected as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and the first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. (Source: Wikipedia) ________________________________________________________________________ Gill, William Daniel (1916 92), geologist, was born 29 June 1916 at Hillam, Yorks., second child among three sons and three daughters of Richard Wells Gill, farmer, and Eva Gill (née Hesselgrave). He was educated at Castleford Grammar School and Leeds University, where he had a successful undergraduate career and received a degree in geology (1938). Robert George Spencer Hudson was his professor, and the two men remained close friends for the next thirty years. On leaving Leeds he joined the Attock Oil Company (1938) as a field geologist and palaeontologist. During the second world war he worked as a development. N° de réf. du vendeur 31855AB

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Titre : The Subsurface Geology of the Wafra Field (...
Éditeur : London, Oil Technology Department of the Imperial College.
Date d'édition : 1966
Reliure : Couverture rigide