Regional distribution and dispersal of the Dinosaur Park Formation, Belly River Group, surface and subsurface of southern Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-399

  Hamblin, Anthony P ^a  

^a Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR PARK FORMATION; SUBSURFACE CORRELATION;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0031400268     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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