Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of Cambrian strata, Northern Interior Plains, Northwest Territories

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-470

  Dixon, J ^a   Stasiuk, L D ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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CAMBRIAN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032440979     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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