Silurian system of the Canadian Arctic archipelago

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-193

  De Freitas, T A ^a,c   Trettin, H P ^a,d   Dixon, O A ^b,e   Mallamo, M ^b,f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Chevron Canada Limited   (Canada)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d Ottawa Carleton Geoscience Centre ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f Marathon Canada Ltd 1000   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILURIAN; TERRANE;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 0032847035     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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