Sedimentology and ichnology of the lower triassic montney formation in the pedigree-ring/border-Kahntah river area, northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-140

  Zonneveld, John Paul ^a   Macnaughton, Robert B ^b   Utting, John ^b   Beatty, Tyler W ^c   Pemberton, S George ^a   Henderson, Charles M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; BIOTURBATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DAMPENING EFFECTS; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; GAS FIELDS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LITHOFACIES; LOWER TRIASSIC; SHALLOW MARINE; SHOREFACE; SILTSTONES; STUDY AREAS; THREE GAS; TRIASSIC; UPPER SHOREFACE; TRACE FOSSILS;

BIODIVERSITY; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

SANDSTONE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; ICHNOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CRUZIANA; DIPLICHNITES; DIPLOCRATERION; LOCKEIA; MONOMORPHICHNUS; PALAEOPHYCUS; PLANOLITES; RHIZOCORALLIUM; RUSOPHYCUS; SKOLITHOS; TEICHICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES; TREPTICHNUS;

EID: 79551482778     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.58.2.115     Document Type: Article

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