Fluid flow, water chemistry, gas chemistry and diagenesis in the subsurface Triassic in Alberta and British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 742-764

  Kirste, Dirk ^a   Desrocher, Steven ^a   Spence, Brad ^a   Hoyne, Bill ^a   Tsang, Brian ^a   Hutcheon, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; GAS CHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; TRIASSIC;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA BASIN;

EID: 0031393902     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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