Hydrothermal dolomitization of the Mississippian Upper Debolt Formation, Sikanni gas field, northeastern British Columbia, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-316

  White, Todd ^a,b   Al Aasm, Ihsan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b AGAT Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DOLOMITIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; LARAMIDE OROGENY; METEORIC FLUID;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SIKANNI GAS FIELD;

EID: 0031442842     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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