Evaluation of hydrocarbon source rock potential: Deep marine shales of Belaga Formation of Late Cretaceous-Late Eocene, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ahmed, N., Siddiqui, N.A., H. B. A. Rahman, A., Jamil, M., Usman, M., Sajid, Z., Kamal Zaidi, F.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097758135&doi=10.1016%2fj.jksus.2020.101268&partnerID=40&md5=deb5b71d915abb06339215efabd22a49; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30374/

In the Sibu-Tatau region of Sarawak, the Belaga Formation (Late Cretaceous- Late Eocene turbidites) is interpreted in relation to a submarine fan model deposited in the extinct ocean basin of the proto-South China Sea. A number of clastic rocks, which include sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, and blac...