Sedimentary basins and basement highs beneath the polar shelf north of Axel Heiberg and Meighen islands

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-29

  Forsyth, D A ^a   Asudeh, I ^a   White, D ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Stephenson, R A ^b   Embry, A F ^c   Argyle, M ^d,e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon   (Canada)

^e Sander Geophysics Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0031848086     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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