Mixed ("Multi") fractal analysis of Granite Wash fields/pools and structural lineaments, Peace River Arch area, northwestern Alberta, Canada: A potential approach for use in hydrocarbon exploration

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 556-572

  Hein, Frances J ^a  

^a ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

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FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; LINEAMENT; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0033509445     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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