Seismic facies and regional architecture of the Oak Ridges Moraine area, southern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-432

  Pugin, A ^a   Pullan, S E ^b   Sharpe, D R ^b  

^a Institut F A Forel   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MORAINE; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; OAK RIDGES MORAINE; ONTARIO;

EID: 0033398368     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-104     Document Type: Article

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