Sedimentology and sequence architecture of incised-valley fills and interfluvial deposits: Upper Mannville interval (Lower Cretaceous), Little Bow-Turin area, southern Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 632-653

  Wood, James M ^a  

^a ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; INCISED VALLEY FILL; INTERFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VALLEY FILL;

CANADA, ALBERTA, LITTLE BOW; CANADA, ALBERTA, TURIN;

EID: 0030440556     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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