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NARG research is organised in to three main research areas; Submarine slope systems Onshore basin studies (Including Geochemistry and Reservoir characterisation) Regional Structural and Stratigraphic Studies
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Alpine fold and thrust belt - Introduction to offshore Tunisian research - An assessment of structural development and evolution of eastern offshore Tunisan slope systems, and its effect on reservoir and migration pathway quality link - Sedimentological characterisation of the Numidian flysch submarine slope system - Provenance of the Numidian flysch throughout the western Mediterranean Atlas fold and thrust belt - Sedimentology, third order stratigraphy and controlling factors on facies distribution in the Triassic of Morocco - 3D modelling of (upper Triassic) Continental mixed-fluvial systems, integrating LiDAR digital outcrop images with high resolution sedimentology of fluvial facies: High Atlas, Morocco - Structural assessment of Triassic rift basins, high Atlas, and Argana basins, Morocco - The palaeocene of Tunisia as a potential source rock	Countries Morocco / Algeria / Tunisia / Libya / Egypt / Regional Age Cambrian / Ordovician / Silurian / Devonian / Carboniferous / Permian / Triassic / Jurassic / Cretaceous / Pliocene-Pleistocene / Oligocene-Miocene Topics Reservoir analogues / source rock studies / provenance studies / sequence stratigraphy

Submarine Slope Systems - Offshore North African Continental Margin Our research here has focused on the Tunisian offshore, and more recently the Nile Delta. A study of Numidian flysch meanwhile is working on outcrops of Tunisia and Sicily. These projects are part of a wider regional study off the offshore North African continental margin.
Onshore basin studies, Including Geochemistry and Reservoir characterisation Our research here takes two main paths; a focus on the basins of Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia; a regional Apatite Fission Track study to evaluate the tectonic evolution of the North Africa Sedimentary basins. Specific basin studies include fieldwork and subsurface evaluations. Reservoir characterisation has included the use of basin modeling software and geochemistry to give insights in to reservoir quality, maturation, migration, timing and the role of structures on sedimentation. One of the recent additions to NARG research has been the introduction of digital outcrop mapping, using the University of Manchester's LIDAR. This has allowed mapping of formations and indeed entire basins, in unprecedented detail, often in area that are impossible to visit in person.
Regional Structural and Stratigraphic Studies A majority of NARG studies involve fieldwork, supplemented by seismic, core and well data. Currently, our major projects include a regional Cretaceous corellation from southern Libya to northern Tunisia, and a review of Libyan Carboniferous rocks. We have also completed a 3rd order sequence stratigraphic framework for the Silurian and Devonian of North Africa.