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Citation:
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Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Hein, F.J.
Originator: Berhane, H.
Originator: Weiss, J.
Publication Date: 200611
Title: Cold Lake Oil Sands Area: Formation Picks and Correlation of Associated Stratigraphy
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
Series Information:
Series Name: Geo-Note
Issue Identification: GEO 2006-03
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Description:
Abstract:
The present preliminary assessment of regional stratigraphy of the Cold Lake oil sands area involved a comprehensive literature review, followed by detailed picking of logs, construction of a grid of cross sections, and assembling of a database of regional picks for the area. At least four major transgressive surfaces subdivide the Clearwater into the following units (in ascending order): the T31, marking the top of the Clearwater C; the T41 the top of the Clearwater B; the T51, a surface below the top of the Clearwater A; and, the T61, the top of the Clearwater A. Each of these T surfaces is a transgressive surface of erosion, and indicates a transgression of the Clearwater Sea and the base of a more regionally mappable, coarsening-upward shallow-marine succession. In the sequence-stratigraphic model the various units clinoform-downsection from Lloydminster in the south to Athabasca in the north. Each of the original shoreline successions, near the Cold Lake oil sands/ Lloydminster heavy-oil contact, is the result of a fall in relative sea level, followed by cut and backfill of associated estuarine incised valley-fills. The estuarine incised valley-fills terminate northward (seaward), discharging into lowstand delta lobe, shoreface, and submarine non-deltaic lobes in areas of low accommodation space. Further detailed work in the Cold Lake oil sands deposit will reconcile differences in correlation and definition of formation tops used by various workers in the study area.
Purpose:
To build a reference stratigraphic framework for reserves estimation for the Cold Lake and surrounding area.
Supplemental Information: In English
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Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 2002
Ending Date: 2004
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
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Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -111.64188
East Bounding Coordinate: -110
North Bounding Coordinate: 55.3
South Bounding Coordinate: 53.9787895
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Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
Theme Keyword: cross-sections
Theme Keyword: geology
Theme Keyword: oil sands
Theme Keyword: stratigraphy
Theme Keyword: subsurface
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus:
Place Keyword: 73l
Place Keyword: 73m
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: canada
Place Keyword: cold lake
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Metadata Date: 20061215
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Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
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Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-3767
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact Electronic Mail Address: eub.ags-infosales@gov.ab.ca
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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