Palynostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy and thermal maturity of the Lower Triassic Toad and Grayling, and Montney formations of western Canada, and comparisons with coeval rocks of the Sverdrup Basin, Nunavut

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-24

  Utting, J ^a   Zonneveld, J P ^a   MacNaughton, R B ^a   Fallas, K M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CORE SAMPLES; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; POLYNOSTRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL MATURITY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; THERMAL MATURITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACANTHOMORPHA; ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; ANURA; ARIDA; EPHEDRIPITES; GYMNOSPERMAE; LUNATISPORITES; MICRHYSTRIDIUM;

EID: 21444458639     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/53.1.5     Document Type: Article

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