The ichnological expression of marine and marginal marine conglomerates and conglomeratic intervals, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, Alberta and northeastern British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-104

  MacEachern, James A ^a   Hobbs, Travis W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SANDSTONE; SURFACES; TIDES;

CONGLOMERATES; MUD STONE BEDS;

GEOLOGY;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ICHNOFACIES;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 3342958760     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.1.77     Document Type: Article

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