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SHALLOW MARINE SHELF [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
CONT

Easternly derived Rock Creek quartzarenites and shales were cyclically deposited on a shallow marine shelf. Its thickness ranges from 1.5 to 10 meters, and is found in the Fernie, Crowsnest Pass, and Cadomin areas.

OBS

shallow marine shelf: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Des grès et les shales de plate-forme marine peu profonde recouvrent soit les dépôts interfluves de la Formation Success S2 (fluvial), soit les dépôts de remplissage de vallée du membre de Chokecherry Creek (subtidal, estuarien) [...]

Key term(s)
  • plateforme marine peu profonde

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