Characterization of major unconformities by paleothermometric and paleobarometric methods: Application to the Mackenzie Plain, Northwest Territories, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-71

  Feinstein, Shimon ^a   Issler, Dale R ^b   Snowdon, Lloyd R ^b   Keith Williams, G ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEVONIAN; EROSION; ORGANIC MATURITY; SONIC POROSITY; TERTIARY; UNCONFORMITY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE PLAIN;

CHARACTERIZATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DEVONIAN CRETACEOUS UNCONFORMITY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; NEAR SURFACE POST CRETACEOUS UNCONFORMITY; ORGANIC MATURITY; PALEOBAROMETRIC METHOD; PALEOTHERMOMETRIC METHOD; PHANEROZOIC STRATA; SONIC POROSITY; THERMAL OVERPRINTING;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 0029667370     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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