Extensive thin sequences spanning cretaceous foredeep suggest high-frequency eustatic control: Late Cenomanian, Western Canada foreland basin

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 735-738

  Plint, Guy A ^a   Kreitner, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; British Columbia; Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Foreland basin; Glacioeustasy; High frequency sequences

Indexed keywords

FLEXURAL RECIPROCAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIOEUSTATIC MECHANISM;

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CENOMANIAN; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 34548107384     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23662A.1     Document Type: Article

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