A pop-up structure exposed in the outer foothills, Crowsnest Pass area, Alberta

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-155

  Stockmal, Glen S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLAT-LYING STRUCTURES; FOOTHILLS; PROXIMITY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT; TRIANGLE ZONE;

CANADA; CROWSNEST PASS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644328805     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/52.2.139     Document Type: Article

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