Sedimentology of the Upper Triassic Charlie Lake, Baldonnel and Pardonet formations from outcrop exposures in the southern Trutch region, northeastern British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-375

  Zonneveld, John Paul ^a   Carrelli, G Gabriella ^b,c   Riediger, Cynthia ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Anadarko Canada Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; LAKES; MARINE ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

GRADED LAMINA SETS; GRADIENT CONTINENTAL RAMP; PARDONET FORMATIONS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844275298     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.4.343     Document Type: Review

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