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Cardium Formation 6. Stratigraphic framework of the Cardium in subsurface.

Abstract

We propose a formal stratigraphic terminology for the Cardium (Turonian, Upper Cretaceous) in the subsurface of Alberta. The new names constitute a framework for future sedimentological work, and emphasize unconformity-bounded packages, and intertonguing and erosional relationships, rather than a 'layer cake'. geometry. This stratigraphy defines 2 distinctly different types of rock body. The 1st consists of progressively upward-coarsening …

Authors

Plint AG; Walker RG; Bergman KM

Journal

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 213–225

Publication Date

January 1, 1986

ISSN

0007-4802

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