Salt tectonism in the Fort Norman area, Northwest Territories, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-135

  Maclean, B C ^a   Cook, D G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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CAMBRIAN; DIAPIRISM; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; SALT TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032830356     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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