A major unconformity at the base of the Upper Triassic Charlie Lake Formation in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 432-453

  Dixon, James ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAKES; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SETTLING TANKS;

LAKE FORMATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHOREFACE SEDIMENT LENSES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TRIASSIC; UNCONFORMITY;

EID: 33644512400     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/53.4.432     Document Type: Article

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