Controls on the geometry of incised valleys in the basal quartz unit (Lower Cretaceous), western Canada sedimentary basin

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 602-618

  Ardies, Goerge W ^a   Dalrymple, Robert W ^a   Zaitlin, Brian A ^a  

^a ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DOWNCUTTING; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; INCISED VALLEY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; WATER EROSION; FAULTING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMETRY; HEADWATER; ISOPACH MAP; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CANADA; ALBERTA; BOW ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

ARCHES; DEPOSITS; EROSION; GEOMETRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; QUARTZ; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EARLY CRETACEOUS; ESTUARINE DEPOSITS; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GENETIC COMPLEXITY; LOWER CRETACEOUS; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; REGIONAL TECTONICS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

LANDFORMS;

HIEROCHLOE;

EID: 0013440999     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/032101720602     Document Type: Article

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