Seismic reflection expression and tectonic significance of Late Cretaceous extensional faulting of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in southern Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-390

  Lemieux, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LITHOPROBE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033497646     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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