oa Depositional Model of the El Garia Formation, Lower Eocene - The Example of the Kef El Guitoune, Central Tunisia

The lower Eocene Metlaoui Group contains proven economic petroleum reserves onshore and offshore Tunisia and Libya and is still an exploration target (e.g. Bishóp, 1988). Since the Ypresian deposits located in Tunisia crop out in very good conditions and are well documented (see e.g. Moody and Grant, 1989, Loucks et al., 1998), they constitute a very good example of a carbonate ramp model applicable to a hydrocarbon field.