Supply, segregation, successions, and significance of shallow marine conglomeratic deposits

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-388

  Clifton, H Edward ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE APPLICATIONS; SEDIMENTS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STORMS;

SHALLOW MARINE CONGLOMERATIC DEPOSITS;

GEOLOGY;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 3142663090     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.4.370     Document Type: Article

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