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During the Paleozoic, the Tethyan margin faced the Proto- and Paleo-Tethys Oceans and the paleogeography was primarily nonequitorial.<ref name=Berraandangiolini_2014>Berra, Fabrizio, and Lucia Angiolini, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/1_aapg-sp1960001.htm The evolution of the Tethys region throughout the Phanerozoic: A brief tectonic reconstruction], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 1-27.</ref> Paleozoic sedimentation across the margin was dominantly siliciclastic with interbedded continental, fluvial-deltaic, transitional marine deposits and intermittent carbonates.<ref name=Kendalletal_2014>Kendall, Christopher G. C., Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan, and Lisa Marlow, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/29_aapg-sp1960029.htm Stratigraphy and depositional systems of the southern Tethyan region], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/1_aapg-sp1960001.htm AAPG Memoir 106], p. 29-57.</ref> Numerous proven and potential source-reservoir-seal rocks of Paleozoic age exist across the margin.<ref name=Kendalletal_2014 /> <ref name=Ahlbrandt_2014>Ahlbrandt, Thomas S., 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/59_aapg-sp1960059.htm Petroleum systems and their endowments in the Middle East and North Africa portion of the Tethys], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 59-100.</ref>
During the Paleozoic, the Tethyan margin faced the Proto- and Paleo-Tethys Oceans and the paleogeography was primarily nonequitorial.<ref name=Berraandangiolini_2014>Berra, Fabrizio, and Lucia Angiolini, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/1_aapg-sp1960001.htm The evolution of the Tethys region throughout the Phanerozoic: A brief tectonic reconstruction], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 1-27.</ref> Paleozoic sedimentation across the margin was dominantly siliciclastic with interbedded continental, fluvial-deltaic, transitional marine deposits and intermittent carbonates.<ref name=Kendalletal_2014>Kendall, Christopher G. C., Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan, and Lisa Marlow, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/29_aapg-sp1960029.htm Stratigraphy and depositional systems of the southern Tethyan region], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/1_aapg-sp1960001.htm AAPG Memoir 106], p. 29-57.</ref> Numerous proven and potential source-reservoir-seal rocks of Paleozoic age exist across the margin.<ref name=Kendalletal_2014 /> <ref name=Ahlbrandt_2014>Ahlbrandt, Thomas S., 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/59_aapg-sp1960059.htm Petroleum systems and their endowments in the Middle East and North Africa portion of the Tethys], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 59-100.</ref>
The most prolific and regionally extensive Paleozoic source rock, is of Silurian age. At a sub-regional scale, source rocks are reported in nearly all of the other Paleozoic intervals (in places even Precambrian).<ref name=Kendalletal_2014 /> <ref name=Ahlbrandt_2014 /> These regional and sub-regional proven source rocks are likely present in underexplored or undrilled areas across the entire Tethyan Margin. For example, there are proven Devonian-Carboniferous source rocks in Iraq and Turkey. The equivalent of this source rock may exist in other countries along the margin, but it is yet undocumented. Similarly, Precambrian source rocks that are responsible for most of the hydrocarbon accumulations in Oman<ref name=Droste_2014>Droste, Henk, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/713_aapg-sp1960713.htm Petroleum geology of the Sultanate of Oman], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 713-755.</ref> may provide new play concepts in other areas. Cambrian reservoirs are documented in Jordan<ref name=Lüningandkuss_2014>Lüning, Sebastian, and Jochen Kuss, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/217_aapg-sp1960217.htm Petroleum geology of Jordan], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 217-239.</ref> and Libya<ref name=Hassanandkendall_2014>Hassan, Hassan S., and Christopher C. G. Kendall, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/101_aapg-sp1960101.htm Hydrocarbon provinces of Libya: A petroleum system study], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 101-141.</ref> indicating additional potential for Cambrian or older source rocks. The presence and distribution of Paleozoic reservoirs may be used to help identify other working Paleozoic petroleum systems. The Cambrian reservoir Salib in Jordon can be attributed to what possible deeper source? Likewise the Permian reservoirs in the UAE were charged from what source? Were the Permian Triassic carbonates in Southern Fars and its contiguous offshore charged by much older source rocks? Tracking reservoirs and source rocks across the margin may lead to discovery of hydrocarbons in the underexplored rocks of the Alamein Basin<ref name=Dolsonetal_2014>Dolson, John C., Mahmoud Atta, David Blanchard, Adel Sehim, Jennifer Villinski, Tom Loutit, and Karen Romine, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/143_aapg-sp1960143.htm Egypt's future petroleum resources: A revised look into the 21st Century], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 143-178.</ref> and the Paleozoic section in northern Iraq-Kurdistan.<ref name=Grabowski_2014>Grabowski Jr., George J., 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/379_aapg-sp1960379.htm Iraq], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 379-467.</ref>
The most prolific and regionally extensive Paleozoic source rock, is of Silurian age. At a sub-regional scale, source rocks are reported in nearly all of the other Paleozoic intervals (in places even Precambrian).<ref name=Kendalletal_2014 /> <ref name=Ahlbrandt_2014 /> These regional and sub-regional proven source rocks are likely present in underexplored or undrilled areas across the entire Tethyan Margin. For example, there are proven Devonian-Carboniferous source rocks in Iraq and Turkey. The equivalent of this source rock may exist in other countries along the margin, but it is yet undocumented. Similarly, Precambrian source rocks that are responsible for most of the hydrocarbon accumulations in Oman<ref name=Droste_2014>Droste, Henk, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/713_aapg-sp1960713.htm Petroleum geology of the Sultanate of Oman], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 713-755.</ref> may provide new play concepts in other areas. Cambrian reservoirs are documented in Jordan<ref name=Lüningandkuss_2014>Lüning, Sebastian, and Jochen Kuss, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/217_aapg-sp1960217.htm Petroleum geology of Jordan], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 217-239.</ref> and Libya<ref name=Hassanandkendall_2014>Hassan, Hassan S., and Christopher C. G. Kendall, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/101_aapg-sp1960101.htm Hydrocarbon provinces of Libya: A petroleum system study], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 101-141.</ref> indicating additional potential for Cambrian or older source rocks. The presence and distribution of Paleozoic reservoirs may be used to help identify other working Paleozoic petroleum systems. The Cambrian reservoir Salib in Jordon can be attributed to what possible deeper source? Likewise the Permian reservoirs in the UAE were charged from what source? Were the Permian Triassic carbonates in Southern Fars and its contiguous offshore charged by much older source rocks? Tracking reservoirs and source rocks across the margin may lead to discovery of hydrocarbons in the underexplored rocks of the Alamein Basin<ref name=Dolsonetal_2014>Dolson, John C., Mahmoud Atta, David Blanchard, Adel Sehim, Jennifer Villinski, Tom Loutit, and Karen Romine, 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/143_aapg-sp1960143.htm Egypt's future petroleum resources: A revised look into the 21st Century], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 143-178.</ref> and the Paleozoic section in northern Iraq-Kurdistan.<ref name=Grabowski_2014>Grabowski Jr., George J., 2014, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir106/data/379_aapg-sp1960379.htm Iraq], ''in'' L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=1139 AAPG Memoir 106], p. 379-467.</ref>
==Mesozoic/Cenozoic petroleum systems==
==Mesozoic/Cenozoic petroleum systems==