Stratigraphy and facies of Cambrian to Lower Ordovician strata in Saskatchewan

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-117

  Dixon, James ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; ORDOVICIAN; SASKATCHEWAN; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SHALLOW WATERS; SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL; THIN BEDS; UPPER BOUNDARY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITION; FACIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

GLOEOCAPSOMORPHA;

EID: 53649083728     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.56.2.93     Document Type: Article

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