A modification of Wittenberg's model for the deposition of thick sandstone bodies in the Triassic Doig Formation, Wembley area, wet-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-406

  Dixon, James ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

REGRESSIVE SURFACE;

SANDSTONE;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LOWSTAND; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

ALBERTA; CANADA; WEMBLEY;

EID: 0042624712     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/50.3.393     Document Type: Article

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