Organic facies in Devonian and Mississippian strata of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Relation to kerogen type, paleoenvironment, and paleogeography

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-255

  Stasiuk, L D ^a   Fowler, M G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHALE; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS;

MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES; ORGANIC FACIES; PALEOBATHYMETRY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTERS; HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SHALLOW WATER DEPTHS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEVONIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; KEROGEN; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE;

EID: 11244260449     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.3.234     Document Type: Article

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