Basement reactivation in the Alberta Basin: Observational constraints and mechanical rationale

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-411

  Ross, Gerald M ^a   Eaton, David W ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOPROBE; REACTIVATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0033496933     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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