Seismic interpretation of the Rocky Mountain thrust front near the Crowsnest deflection, southern Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Begin N J ^a   Lawton, D C ^a   Spratt, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS WEDGE; SEISMIC PROFILE; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; THRUST FRONT;

CANADA, ALBERTA, ROCKIES, CROWSNEST DEFLECTION;

EID: 0029730648     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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