Slope and submarine fan turbidite facies of the Upper Devonian Imperial Formation, northern Mackenzie Mountains, NWT

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-208

  Hadlari, T ^a   Lemieux, Y ^b   Tylosky, S A ^c   Zantvoort, W G ^a   Catuneanu, O ^c  

^a Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIANS; EASTERN EDGE; FLOW REGIMES; GRAIN SIZE; INITIAL STAGES; SHALLOW MARINE; SLOPE DEPOSIT; STUDY AREAS; WESTERN AREA;

FALLOUT; FLOW OF WATER; LANDFORMS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SUBMARINES;

DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; FACIES; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SLOPE; SUBMARINE; TURBIDITE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 73149121107     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.57.2.192     Document Type: Article

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