An outcrop of the Albian viking formation and a southerly extension of the Hulcross/Harmon interval in west-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-42

  Leckie, Dale A ^a   Rosenthal, Lorne ^b   Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^c   Wall, John H ^d  

^a Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd   (Canada)

^b Rosenthal Geological Consulting   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALBERTA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALBIAN; CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TYPE LOCALITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034127770     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/48.1.30     Document Type: Article

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