Devonian matrix dolomites and deep burial carbonate cements: A comparison between the Rimbey-Meadowbrook reef trend and the deep basin of west-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-509

  Mountjoy, Eric W ^a   Green, Darryl ^b   Machel, Hans G ^c   Duggan, James ^d   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONATE; CEMENT; DEVONIAN; DOLOMITE;

CANADA;

EID: 0040964909     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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