Basement tectonic control on distribution of the shallow marine Bad Heart Formation: Peace River Arch area, northwest Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 576-598

  Donaldson, W Steven ^a,b   Plint, A Guy ^b   Longstaffe, Fred J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032467343     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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