Late Laramide dolomite recrystallization of the Husky Rainbow "A" hydrocarbon Devonian reservoir, northwestern Alberta, Canada: Paleomagnetic and geochemical evidence

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-29

  Lewchuk, Michael T ^a   Al Aasm, Ihsan S ^b   Symons, David T A ^b   Gillen, Kevin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Vox Terrae International   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; DEVONIAN; DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOMAGNETISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034030190     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-103     Document Type: Article

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