| Title | Reference surface and subsurface sections of the Besa River Formation, Liard Basin, British Columbia |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Kabanov, P ;
Richards, B C; Lee, H S; Thapa, P; King, H M; Mort, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8468, 2019, 58 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/314567  Open Access |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); rtf; xlsx (Microsoft® Excel®); spc (spectral gamma-ray spectra) |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 94G/13; 94K/15; 94N/08; 94O/12 |
| Area | Liard River; Rocky Mountains |
| Lat/Long WENS | -124.9667 -123.7000 59.6833 57.9333 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; fossil fuels; geophysics; paleontology; geochemistry; Lower Carboniferous; Tournaisian; Upper Devonian; Famennian; systematic stratigraphy; stratigraphic nomenclature; bedrock geology;
lithology; shales; cherts; limestones; mudstones; siltstones; sandstones; bedding planes; petroleum resources; hydrocarbon potential; hydrocarbons; gas; lithostratigraphy; lithofacies; geophysical logging; gamma ray logging; core samples;
micropaleontology; microfossils; conodonts; Canadian Cordillera; Liard Basin; Besa River Formation; Exshaw Member; Patry unit; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Carboniferous; Mississippian; Devonian |
| Illustrations | photographs; tables; stratigraphic charts; location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; lithologic sections; core logs; plots |
| Program | Geoscience for New Energy Supply (GNES) Shale Reservoir Characterization |
| Released | 2019 04 24 |
| Abstract | The Middle Devonian to Upper Mississippian Besa River Formation (currently being elevated to a group by other authors) is a thick (300-1000 m) gas-prone succession of organic-rich basinal shales, bedded
chert, and fine-grained limestone widely preserved in the Liard Basin of British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories. The Besa River contains a major frontier shale-gas prospect in the Famennian to lower Tournaisian Exshaw Member and
underlying informal Patry unit. The internal stratigraphic framework of the Besa River is poorly known and warrants intensive study because of its substantial economic significance. This report provides illustrated descriptions, lithologs, and
spectral gamma surveys of one outcrop and three cored sections of the Besa River in the Liard Basin of B.C. and in the adjacent western part of the Horn River Basin. This study is part of the joint activity of Geological Survey of Canada, Korea
Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), and Filippo Ferri of B.C. Ministry of Natural Gas Development. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Middle Devonian to Middle Mississippian Besa River Group of Liard Basin is a thick (300-1000 m) gas-prone sequence of organic-rich basinal shales
located in British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories. The Besa River is a thick (300-1600 m) frontier shale prospect requiring better stratigraphic framework. This report is part of the joint GSC-KIGAM activity in the Liard Basin compiling
detailed illustrated descriptions, striplogs, and spectral gamma surveys of outcrop and cored sections of the Besa River Group and its equivalents in the adjacent areas. These materials have not been published previously or were published
incompletely. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 314567 |
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