Facies and lithological controls on paleomagnetism: An example from the Rainbow South field, Alberta, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-407

  Cioppa, M T ^a   Lonnee, J S ^a,c   Symons, D T A ^a   Al Aasm, I S ^a   Gillen, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Vox Terrae International   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOMAGNETISM; LIME; LITHOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALBERTA , CANADA; DOLOMITE FORMATIONS; EARLY JURASSIC; LATE DEVONIAN; MIDDLE DEVONIAN; PALEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ORDER;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0000501341     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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