Chapter 35: Regional seismic interpretation of crustal framework, Canadian Arctic passive margin, Beaufort Sea, with comments on petroleum potential

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 527-543

  Helwig, James ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Emmet, P ^a   Dinkelman, M G ^a  

^a ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOCENTER; GAS FIELD; OCEANIC CRUST; OIL FIELD; PASSIVE MARGIN; SANDSTONE; SEA ICE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH; WRENCH FAULT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BANKS ISLAND; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADA BASIN; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 80051933412     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.35     Document Type: Article

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