On balanced and unbalanced accommodation/peat accumulation ratios in the Cretaceous coals from Gates Formation, Western Canada, and their sequence-stratigraphic significance

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 143-186

  Diessel, C ^a   Boyd, R ^a   Wadsworth, J ^a   Leckie, D ^b   Chalmers, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Coal; Dispersal indicators; Onshore sequence stratigraphy; Peat accumulation; Significant surfaces

Indexed keywords

ONSHORE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; MACERAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE;

COAL; LITHOLOGY; PEAT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

COAL; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; PEAT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034075569     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(99)00058-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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