Magnetostratigraphic and palynostratigraphic correlation of late Campanian strata of the Bearpaw and Horseshoe Canyon formations of the RCA Castor corehole to the Red Deer Valley, Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-77

  Lerbekmo, J F ^a   Catuneanu, O ^a   Braman, D R ^b   Humphrey, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PROGRADATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; RED DEER VALLEY;

EID: 0042426034     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.1.70     Document Type: Article

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