An allostratigraphic framework for a retrogradational delta complex: The uppermost Dunvegan Formation (Cenomanian) in subsurface and outcrop, Alberta and British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-349

  Hay, Michael J ^a,b   Guy Plint, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; BACK-STEP; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CENOMANIAN; CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; EUSTASY; FORELAND BASIN; PRODELTA; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; THRUST LOADING; TIME-SCALES; WATER STORAGE;

LANDFORMS; SEAWATER;

SUBSIDENCE;

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; CLIMATE CYCLE; COASTAL PLAIN; DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EUSTACY; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIOEUSTACY; ISOPACH MAP; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL EXPANSION; TRANSGRESSION; WATER STORAGE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77954666100     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.57.3.323     Document Type: Article

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