The Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Southern Alberta: Surface and subsurface stratigraphic architecture, sedimentology, and resource potential

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 578, 2004, Pages 1-101

  Hamblin, A P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CANYON; COAL; EXPLORATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NATURAL GAS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HORSESHOE CANYON; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442437887     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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