Tertiary fluvial gravels and evolution of the Western Canadian Prairie Landscape

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 139-158

  Leckie, Dale A ^a  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Montana; Paleogeography; Tectonic and sedimentation; Tertiary; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY;

CANADA; CYPRESS HILLS; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 33746255851     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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