McMurray Formation foraminifera within the lower Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Loon River shales of northern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1627-1651

  Stelck, C R ^a   Trollope, F H ^b   Norris, A W ^b   Pemberton, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLEARWATER FORMATIONS; RADIOLARIANBEARING STRATA;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYST; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RADIOLARIA; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; RIVER EVOLUTION; SHALE; TAR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE RIVER [CANADA];

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES GIGAS; INOCERAMUS; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; MARGINULINOPSIS; RECTOBOLIVINA; TROCHAMMINA; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 38849141089     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-033     Document Type: Article

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