Stratigraphy, palynology and source rock potential of lacustrine deposits of the Lower Carboniferous (Viséan) Rocky Brook Formation, Deer Lake Subbasin, Newfoundland

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-53

  Hamblin, A P ^a   Fowler, M G ^a   Utting, J ^a   Langdon, G S ^b,d   Hawkins, D ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^d Vinland Petroleum Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; LAKE DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; SOURCE ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, DEER LAKE SUBBASIN;

EID: 0030783103     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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