The role of fluid- and sediment-gravity flow processes during deposition of deltaic conglomerates (Cardium Formation, Upper Cretaceous), west-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 426-436

  Arnott, R W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

RESERVOIR QUALITY; SEDIMENT-GRAVITY FLOW PROCESSES;

GEOLOGY;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3142661669     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.4.426     Document Type: Article

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