Granite wash alluvial fans, fan-deltas and tidal environments, northwestern Alberta: Implications for controls on distribution of Devonian clastic wedges associated with the Peace River Arch

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-565

  Dec, Tomasz ^a   Hein, Frances J ^a   Trotter, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEVONIAN; FAN DELTA; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA, ALBERTA, PEACE RIVER ARCH;

EID: 0030440349     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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