| Title | Analysis of microfractures in Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic sandstones of the Scotian Basin, offshore Nova Scotia |
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| Author | Pe-Piper, G; Sangster, C; Piper, D J W |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8715, 2020, 316 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/325459  Open Access |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nova Scotia; Eastern offshore region |
| NTS | 10O; 11B |
| Area | Scotian Basin; Scotian Shelf; Scotian Slope; Atlantic Ocean |
| Lat/Long WENS | -60.0000 -58.0000 45.0000 43.0000 |
| Subjects | fossil fuels; marine geology; sedimentology; mineralogy; tectonics; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Lower Cretaceous; Berriasian; Upper Jurassic; Tithonian; Kimmeridgian; microfractures;
bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; sandstones; structural features; faults; diagenesis; paragenesis; continental margins; continental shelf; continental slope; sedimentary basins; reservoir rocks; exploration wells; petroleum resources;
porosity; permeability; hydrocarbon recovery; drilling techniques; thin section microscopy; electron microscope analyses; bedding planes; tectonic setting; salt tectonics; faulting; formation fluids; fluid flow; burial history; mineralogical
analyses; Venture B-52 Well; Venture 1 Well; South Griffin J-13 Well; Peskowesk A-99 Well; Mic Mac Formation; Missisauga Formation; Classification; Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Jurassic |
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| Released | 2020 05 05 |
| Abstract | Microfractures have been investigated in potential reservoir sandstones in four wells from the eastern Scotian Basin. Samples were selected from within the overpressured zone in Venture B-52, just above
overpressure in Venture 1, in an intensely silica-cemented interval in South Griffin J-13 and from a deeply buried sandstone lacking overpressure in a dry well, Peskowesk A-99. Backscattered electron (BSE) and cathodoluminescent (CL) images were
acquired from polished thin sections. Microfractures (<100 micrometres wide) were classified as intragranular, intergranular, transgranular, intra-cement and hydro-fractures. The size and orientation of different microfractures were measured and
their relationship to diagenetic paragenesis was assessed. Most microfractures are either bedding-parallel or at 45° to bedding. Generation 1 fractures probably result from eodiagenetic compaction; Generation 2 fractures are synchronous with
mesodiagenesis; and Generation 3 fractures are open. This Open File presents the SEM data, measurements of size and orientation by fracture type, and a preliminary interpretation of the fracture data. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Microfractures are an important component of reservoir quality in petroleum basins. They also provide information on the history of faulting and
overpressure in the basin. Data used for microfracture analysis from four wells in the Scotian Basin are reported in this Open File. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 325459 |
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