Paleotemperature history of two transects across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Constraints from apatite fission track analysis

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 475-486

  Issler, Dale R ^a   Beaumont, Christopher ^b   Willett, Sean D ^c   Donelick, Raymond A ^d   Grist, Alexander M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Donelick Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; THERMAL MATURITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0040799914     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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