MEDITERRANEAN SEA POTENTIAL SEEN IN AREA SOUTH OF MALTA

William F. Bishop Consulting geologist Houston Godwin Debono Office of the Prime Minister Valletta, Malta Seismic data and stratigraphic projections indicate that an entirely different facies exists in Area 4 in the Mediterranean Sea south of Malta than the continuous carbonate sequence of the Malta platform. Japan National Oil Corp., in September 1989 under authority of the government of Malta, conducted a 3,615 line km geophysical survey (seismic, gravity, magnetics) in Area 4, which