Architecture of crevasse splay and point-bar bodies of the nonmarine Iles Formation north of Rangely, Colorado: Implications for reservoir description

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 109-122

  Anderson, Donna S ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23144454084     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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