Comparison of outcrop and subsurface sandstone permeability distribution, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation, South Dakota and Wyoming

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 890-900

  Dutton, Shirley P ^a   Willis, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PERMEABILITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SANDSTONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 13044280801     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42688A6-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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