Basement controls on some hydrocarbon traps in southern Ontario, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 308, Issue , 1996, Pages 95-107

  Carter, Terry R ^a   Trevail, Robert A ^b   Easton, R Michael ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b Orion Resources Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MAPPING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN SANDSTONE; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAXIMUM THICKNESS; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; TILTED FAULT BLOCKS; TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES;

FAULTING;

BASEMENT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; HYDROCARBON; ORDOVICIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84870797401     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2308-6.95     Document Type: Article

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