Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum resource potential of the Central Whitehorse Trough, Northern Canadian Cordillera

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-153

  English, Joseph M ^a   Johannson, Gary G ^b   Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Mihalynuk, Mitchell G ^c   Fowler, Martin ^d   Wight, Kara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Discovery Ltd   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SETTLING TANKS; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MARINE SEDIMENTARY BASIN; ORGANIC MATURATION; PETROLEUM RESOURCE POTENTIAL; SILTSTONE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATURATION; MESOZOIC;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144472692     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/53.2.130     Document Type: Article

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