Regional subsurface correlations of Albian sequences north of the Peace River in NE British Columbia: Northward extent of sandstones of the Falher and Notikewin members along the eastern flank of the foredeep

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-188

  Webb, Andrew C ^a   Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^b   Pedersen, Per Kent ^c  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Apache Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN-WIDE CURRENTS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SHALES; MUDSTONE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL SUBSURFACE CORRELATIONS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ALBIAN; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 27144553102     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/53.2.165     Document Type: Article

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