Regional sedimentology, conodont biostratigraphy and correlation of Middle Cambrian - Lower Ordovician(?) strata of the 'Finnegan' and Deadwood formations, Alberta subsurface, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-188

  Hein, Frances J ^a   Nowlan, Godfrey S ^b  

^a ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0031713055     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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