| Title | Characterization of shallow aquifers and assessment of potential impacts of oil and gas development activities on these aquifers in the Fox Creek area (AB) - October 2021 update / Caractérisation des
aquifères superficiels et évaluation des impacts potentiels liés aux activités pétrolières et gazières sur ces aquifères dans la région de Fox Creek (AB) - mise à jour d'octobre 2021 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Rivard, C |
| Source | Public presentations of October 13, 2021: Groundwater Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle; by Jacob, N; Russell, H A J; Brodaric, B; Rivard, C; Benoit, N; Paradis, D; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 128, 2021 p. 44-63, https://doi.org/10.4095/329088  Open Access |
| Links | Video (Lsg) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | on-line; digital; video |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations of
October 13, 2021: Groundwater Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle |
| Related | This publication is related to Characterization of shallow
aquifers and assessment of potential impacts of oil and gas development activities on these aquifers in the Fox Creek area (AB) |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 83F |
| Area | Fox Creek; Tony Creek |
| Lat/Long WENS | -118.0000 -116.0000 54.0000 53.0000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; environmental geology; fossil fuels; geophysics; geochemistry; stratigraphy; structural geology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Economics and Industry; environmental
studies; environmental impacts; groundwater resources; aquifers; groundwater geochemistry; groundwater pollution; groundwater flow; flow regimes; petroleum industry; hydrocarbons; oil; gas; petroleum exploration; hydrocarbon recovery; hydraulic
fracturing; water utilization; observation wells; water wells; gas wells; oil wells; pressure; models; fluid migration; hydrocarbon migration; watersheds; field work; core samples; hydraulic analyses; hydraulic conductivity; porosity; permeability;
geophysical logging; vegetation; snow; wetlands; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; mudstones; sandstones; siltstones; structural features; faults; fractures; Paleogene; water wells; oil wells; gas wells; boreholes; stratigraphic
analyses; lithostratigraphy; pollutants; source areas; provenance; piezometric levels; Paskapoo Formation; Duvernay Formation; Scollard Formation; Battle Formation; Wapiti Formation; Methodology; Collaborative research; Environmental impact
assessment; Resource development; Water supply; monitoring; Water management; cumulative effects; Forests; Habitats; Wildlife; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Tertiary; Paleozoic; Devonian |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; schematic cross-sections; geoscientific sketch maps; stratigraphic charts; lithologic logs; plots; tables; geophysical logs; cross-sections; profiles; 3-D models; pie
charts; flow diagrams |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Groundwater Geoscience Management |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience |
| Released | 2021 12 21 |
| Abstract | A multidisciplinary and multi-institutional project was initiated in the Fox Creek area (west-central Alberta) in April 2019 to study environmental impacts of hydrocarbon development activities. The
initial objective was to specifically study potential impacts on shallow groundwater. However, different Sectors within NRCan later identified the Fox Creek area as a region of interest for developing regional cumulative effects evaluation methods in
support of new impact assessment legislation. As a result, the scope is now much broader and the project includes studies of vegetation, forest, snow cover, wetlands, and contributes to a woodland caribou habitat study. The project involves many
collaborators from the federal and provincial governments, as well as from the academic community. This project is supported by the GGP and EGP programs. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Every year since few years, the project leaders from the Groundwater Geoscience Program (GGP) present the status of their research to the public (mainly
NRCan internal as well as few external partners). Presentations are added to GEOSCAN thereafter and recordings of the presentations are added into GGP YouTube channel. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 329088 |
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