Structure and petroleum plays of the St. Lawrence Platform and Appalachians in southern Quebec: Insights from interpretation of MRNQ seismic reflection data

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-234

  Castonguay, Sébastien ^a   Dietrich, Jim ^b   Lavoie, Denis ^a   Laliberté, Jean Yves ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; FORELAND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM POTENTIAL; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SHALE GAS; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULTS; THRUST WEDGES;

DATA HANDLING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FORELAND BASIN; PETROLEUM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST; TRIANGLE ZONE;

APPALACHIANS; SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY;

EID: 79952916752     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.58.3.219     Document Type: Article

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