Three-dimensional geometry of the structural front between Berland River and Smoky River, central Alberta Foothills

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-312

  Liu, Shumtn ^a,b   Lawton, Donald C ^a   Spratt, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC DATA; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; TRIANGLE ZONE; WELL LOG DATA;

CANADA, ALBERTA, ALBERTA FOOTHILLS;

EID: 0030450537     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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