Seismic geomorphology and sedimentology of a tidally influenced river deposit, Lower Cretaceous Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1123-1145

  Hubbard, Stephen M ^a   Smith, Derald G ^a   Nielsen, Haley ^b   Leckie, Dale A ^b   Fustic, Milovan ^b   Spencer, Ronald J ^a   Bloom, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CORE DRILLING; DEPOSITS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL SANDS; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; STEAM INJECTION WELLS; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BITUMEN; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRILLING; FACIES; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCARBON; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RESERVOIR; RESOLUTION; RESOURCE USE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CYCLE;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 80051540055     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/12131010111     Document Type: Article

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