Clinoforms, paleobathymetry, and mud dispersal across the Western Canada cretaceous foreland basin: Evidence from the Cenomanian Dunvegan formation and Contiguous Strata

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 144-161

  Plint, A Guy ^a,b   Tyagi, Aditya ^a,c   Hay, Michael J ^a   Varban, Bogdan L ^a,d   Zhang, Heng ^a,c   Roca, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d Apartment 1204   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PELLETIZING; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STORMS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

FORELAND BASIN; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MARINE STRATA; PALEOBATHYMETRY; SAND TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATERS; TECTONIC LOADING;

DEPOSITION;

BATHYMETRY; CENOMANIAN; DEEP WATER; DELTA; DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; MAPPING; MUD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 65349125320     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.020     Document Type: Article

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