The basinal geochemical signature and platform margin geometries in the Upper Devonian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system of western Canada;Le système mixte carbonaté/silicoclastique de l'Ouest do Canada : Teneurs géochimiques du bassin et géométries de la bordure de la plate-forme

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 685-699

  Van Buchem, Frans S P ^a   Eberli, Gregor P ^b   Whalen, Michael T ^b   Mountjoy, Ekic W ^c   Homewood, Peter W ^d  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Basinal shales; Isolated carbonate platform; Margin geometrics; Organic matter; Sequence stratigraphy; Upper Devonian; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030440294     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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