Palynological age constraints on the Cadomin and Dalhousie formations in SW Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-222

  White, James M ^a   Leckie, Dale A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Wascana Energy Inc   (Canada)

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CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SANDSTONE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033372879     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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