Allostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Lea Park - Belly River transition in central Alberta, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-38

  Power, Bruce A ^a,b   Walker, Roger G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0029751090     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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