Sequence stratigraphy and evolution of Middle to Upper Devonian Beaverhill Lake strata, south-central Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-354

  Wendte, Jack ^a   Uyeno, Tom ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; LIMESTONE; MINERAL RESOURCES; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARGILLACEOUS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; DOLOSTONES; EXTRABASINAL TECTONISM; LEESIDE SHEDDING; TRANSGRESSIVE FACIES SHIFTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DEVONIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FRANKLINIA;

EID: 31744440151     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/53.3.250     Document Type: Article

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