Sedimentology and depositional history of Units C and D of the Falher Member, Spirit River Formation, west-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-238

  Casas, Jhonny E ^a   Walker, Roger G ^b  

^a Maraven SA   (Venezuela)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0030762851     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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