Dolomitization of Mississippian carbonates in the Shell Waterton gas field, southwestern Alberta: Insights from paleomagnetism, petrology and geochemistry

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-410

  Lewchuk, Michael T ^a,c   Symons, David T A ^a   Al Aasm, Ihsan S ^a   Gillen, Kevin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Universite de Paris VI ^*  (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITIZATION; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MISSISSIPPIAN;

CANADA, ALBERTA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0032414068     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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