Sequence stratigraphy and paleogeography of a Cenomanian deltaic complex: The dunvegan and lower kaskapau formations in subsurface and outcrop, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-79

  Plint, A Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; EROSION; FISH; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; WELL LOGGING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; CONCOMITANT DECREASE; CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SANDSTONE;

CENOMANIAN; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034127570     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/48.1.43     Document Type: Article

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