Petrology and diagenetic history of deltaic litharenites, Oligocene Kugmallit Sequence, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-355

  Nentwich, Franz W ^a   Yole, Raymond W ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; COMPACTION; DELTA SEDIMENT; DELTAIC SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BEAUFORT-MACKENZIE BASIN;

EID: 0031459612     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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