| Title | Evolution of the Judy Creek Complex, a late Middle Devonian isolate platform-reef complex in west-central Alberta |
| Author | Wendte, J C |
| Source | Devonian-Early Mississippian carbonates of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: a sequence stratigraphic framework; by Wendte, J; Stoakes, F A; Campbell, C V; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology),
Short Course no. 28, 1992 p. 89-125 (+ errata), https://doi.org/10.2110/scn.92.28.0089 |
| Year | 1992 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20060536 |
| Publisher | SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) |
| Meeting | Devonian-Early Mississippian carbonates of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: a sequence stratigraphic framework: short course; Calgary, AB; CA; June 20-21, 1992 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Wendte, J; Stoakes, F A;
Campbell, C V; (1992). Devonian-Early Mississippian carbonates of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: a sequence stratigraphic framework, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Short Course vol. 28 |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 83J |
| Area | Judy Creek Complex |
| Lat/Long WENS | -116.0000 -114.0000 55.0000 54.0000 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; sedimentary basins; sedimentary rocks; carbonates; basin evolution; sea level changes; tectonic history; tectonic setting; deposition; sedimentary facies; hydrocarbons; oil; gas; Western
Canada Sedimentary Basin; Judy Creek Complex; stacking; hydrocarbon pools; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Devonian |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; drawings; geological sketch maps; cross-sections, stratigraphic; photographs |
| Abstract | Reef complexes situated on carbonate platforms contain a disproportionate amount of hydrocarbon reserves. In Western Canada, approximately half of the oil and gas pools with recoverable reserves greater
than 16 X 106 m3 (100 million barrels) of oil or its gas equivalent are Devonian reef complexes. Cores and wireline logs from producing and outlying wells from these pools provide perhaps an unparalleled opportunity to examine the evolution of reef
complexes in all three dimensions. Most of the hydrocarbon bearing Devonian reef complexes in the WCSB are isolate features situated on areally widespread carbonate platforms. They include the Middle Devonian (late Givetian) Swan Hills reef complexes
in west-central Alberta and the Kee Scarp buildup at Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories; and the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Leduc reef complexes in both east-central and west-central Alberta. The previous chapter dealt with the evolution of the
underlying carbonate platform and its relationship to reef inception and localization. This chapter focuses primarily on the evolution of isolate platform-reef complexes. The Swan Hills buildup at Judy Creek in west-central Alberta is used as an
example to illustrate the evolutionary development of these complexes. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 223248 |
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