Sequence stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy, and mineralizing fluid flow in the proterozoic manitou falls formation, eastern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 489-506

  Hiatt, E E ^a   Kyser, T K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONGLOMERATE; DIACHRONISM; DIAGENESIS; FLUID FLOW; LITHOFACIES; MINERALIZATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 72549088755     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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