Counter point bar deposits: Lithofacies and reservoir significance in the meandering modern peace river and ancient McMurray formation, Alberta, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1655-1669

  Smith, Derald G ^a   Hubbard, Stephen M ^a   Leckie, Dale A ^b   Fustic, Milovan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Counter point bar deposits; Lithofacies model; Meandering rivers; Point bar deposits; Reservoir permeability

Indexed keywords

BAR; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOFACIES; MEANDER; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SILT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEACE RIVER [ALBERTA];

EID: 70350118044     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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