Developments in understanding seismicity triggered by hydraulic fracturing

GM Atkinson, DW Eaton, N Igonin - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
As recently as 2015, it was common in the scientific literature to find assertions that the risk
of triggering a damaging earthquake by hydraulic fracturing (HF)—an industrial process …

Estimation of source area, river paleo-discharge, paleoslope, and sediment budgets of linked deep-time depositional systems and implications for hydrocarbon …

JP Bhattacharya, P Copeland, TF Lawton… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The source-to-sink (S2S) concept is focused on quantification of the various components of
siliciclastic sedimentary systems from initial source sediment production areas, through the …

The importance of shale composition and pore structure upon gas storage potential of shale gas reservoirs

DJK Ross, RM Bustin - Marine and petroleum Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
The effect of shale composition and fabric upon pore structure and CH4 sorption is
investigated for potential shale gas reservoirs in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin …

Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian–Mississippian strata in the Western Canada sedimentary basin: Application of an integrated formation …

DJK Ross, RM Bustin - AAPG bulletin, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Devonian–Mississippian strata in the northwestern region of the Western Canada
sedimentary basin (WCSB) were investigated for shale gas potential. In the subsurface …

Investigating the use of sedimentary geochemical proxies for paleoenvironment interpretation of thermally mature organic-rich strata: Examples from the Devonian …

DJK Ross, RM Bustin - Chemical Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Shales and mudrocks are enriched with diverse suites of major elements and trace metals
that reflect their depositional environment, provenance and diagenesis. Here we present …

State of stress in areas of active unconventional oil and gas development in North America

JEL Snee, MD Zoback - AAPG Bulletin, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In this paper, we present comprehensive data on stress orientation and relative magnitude
in areas throughout North America where unconventional oil and gas are currently being …

Cordilleran tectonics and the evolution of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

RA Price - Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 1990 - archives.datapages.com
ABSTRACT The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is the thinner part of the same
northeast-tapering wedge of supracrustal rocks that forms the eastern part of the Cordillera …

Evaluating new fault‐controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

A Koeshidayatullah, H Corlett, J Stacey… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fault‐controlled hydrothermal dolomitization in tectonically complex basins can occur at any
depth and from different fluid compositions, including 'deep‐seated','crustal'or …

The lower Triassic Montney formation, west-central Alberta

GR Davies, TF Moslow… - Bulletin of Canadian …, 1997 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
RÉSUMÉ La Formation de Montney du Trias inférieur a été déposée dans un bassin
d'extension arché à façade ouest, désigné comme le bassin de Peace River, sur la marge …

[HTML][HTML] Origin and evolution of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization fronts: A new insight

A Koeshidayatullah, H Corlett, J Stacey… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dolomitization is one of the most significant diagenetic reactions in carbonate systems,
occurring where limestone (CaCO 3) is replaced by dolomite (CaMg (CO 3) 2) under a wide …