Origin of organic matter in the proterozoic athabasca basin of saskatchewan and alberta, and significance to unconformity uranium deposits

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 325-339

  Wilson, N S F ^a   Stasiuk, L D ^b   Fowler, M G ^c  

^a Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; CRUDE OIL; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; TEXTURE; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 72549087404     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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