Chapter 34: Geology and petroleum potential of the rifted margins of the Canada Basin

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages 509-526

  Houseknecht, David W ^a   Bird, Kenneth J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOLD BELT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROLEUM; RIFT ZONE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONICS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051951728     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M35.34     Document Type: Article

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