Lithofacies and depositional history of Midale carbonate-evaporite cycles in a Mississippian ramp setting, Steelman-Bienfait area, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-234

  Qing, Hairuo ^a   Nimegeers, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Caprice Resources Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL FIELDS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER LEVELS; WELL LOGGING;

ACCOMMODATION SPACES; DOLOSTONE; EVAPORITE; EXPLORATION TARGETS; FACIES DISTRIBUTIONS; LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; LITHOFACIES; MARSH SEDIMENTS; PALEO TOPOGRAPHIES; PARASEQUENCE; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; STUDY AREAS; WELL LOGS; WILLISTON BASINS;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

CARBONATE; CARBONATE RAMP; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; KARST; LITHOFACIES; MISSISSIPPIAN; OIL FIELD; REGRESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WILLISTON BASIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 56849124066     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.56.3.209     Document Type: Article

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