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Ontario Oil and Gas: 2 5 Message from the Board 8 Technical Luncheons 18 Ontario Oil and Gas: 2. Cambrian and Ordovician Conventional Plays RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: CSPG – 110, 333 - 5 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 3B6 $4.00 OCTOBER 2016 VOLUME 43, ISSUE 09 Canadian Publication Mail Contract – 40070050 CLASTIC SEDIMENTOLOGY: NEW IDEAS & APPLICATIONS Our understanding of Clastic Sedimentology has made huge leaps over recent decades. Clastic sediments make up almost 50% of the Earth’s surface, and the study of recent and ancient clastic rocks allows us to recognize the processes that shape them. The goal of the conference is to showcase the latest thinking and ideas relating to these sediments. 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