Components of syn- and post-deformational coalification in the Mountain Park area, west central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 564-575

  Langenberg, C Willem ^a   Kalkreuth, Wolfgang ^b   Holmes, Ken ^c  

^a ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Cardinal River Coals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALIFICATION; DEFORMATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032459555     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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