Paleomagnetism in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Dating fluid flow and deformation events

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 534-547

  Symons, D T A ^a   Enkin, R J ^b   Cioppa, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; LARAMIDE OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033497804     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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