Maastrichtian-Paleocene foreland-basin stratigraphies, western Canada: A reciprocal sequence architecture

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 685-703

  Catuneanu, Octavian ^a   Sweet, Arthur R ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0033390019     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-018     Document Type: Article

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