Multiphase transgressive filling of an incised valley and shoreface complex, Viking Formation, Sundance-Edson area, Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-105

  Pattison, Simon A J ^a   Walker, Roger G ^b  

^a Shell Petrol Devmt Co of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY FILLING;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0031849938     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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