Quantitative Characterization of Tidal Couplets in Oil Sands Reservoir, the Upper McMurray Formation, Northeastern Alberta, Canada

AbstractThe McMurray Formation, NE Alberta, Canada, is one of the most significant bitumen bearing deposits worldwide. This formation deposited and reworked in fluvial, tidal, or estuarine environments results in a huge number of tidal couplets (TCs) which is consisted of mm-cm scale...

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Main Authors: Hao Chen, Jixin Huang, Zhaohui Xia, Zhiquan Nie, Xiaoxing Shi, Jiuning Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GeoScienceWorld 2021-08-01
Series:Lithosphere
Online Access:https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/lithosphere/article/2021/Special%201/2993537/606991/Quantitative-Characterization-of-Tidal-Couplets-in