Stratal reorientation, depositional processes, and sequence evolution of the Cretaceous in the Peace River Arch region of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 594-620

  Chen, Dongqing ^a   Bergman, Katherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0033510308     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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