PLANCTONIC-FORAMINIFERA AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE OLIGOCENE AND NEOGENE IN THE KORBA-1 OIL-WELL (CAP-BON, NORTHEASTERN TUNISIA)

Authors
BISMUTH H HOOYBERGHS HJF
Citation
H. Bismuth et Hjf. Hooyberghs, PLANCTONIC-FORAMINIFERA AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE OLIGOCENE AND NEOGENE IN THE KORBA-1 OIL-WELL (CAP-BON, NORTHEASTERN TUNISIA), Bulletin des centres de recherches exploration-production Elf-Aquitaine, 18(2), 1994, pp. 489
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Geology,"Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Petroleum
Journal title
Bulletin des centres de recherches exploration-production Elf-Aquitaine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03962687
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0396-2687(1994)18:2<489:PABOTO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Nine lithostratigraphic units have been distinguished in the Korba 1 w ell (KO 1) which was drilled on the eastern coast of the Cap-Bon penin sula within the series belonging to the Oligocene and Neogene interval . The former Fortuna Sandstones Formation (BUROLLET, 1956) is elevated here at a group level and subdivided into two formations: the Korbous Formation, overlain by the El Haouaria Sandstones. Thanks to the plan ctonic Foraminifera present and identified in some layers of the analy sed interval (Plaisancian to Rupelian), nine biozones have been recogn ized, allowing a rather good stratigraphic frame and reliable correlat ions on a world-wide scale.