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OCTOBER 2003VOLUME 30, ISSUE 9

� Canadian Centre for Energy Information

� CSPG University Outreach Program Update

� 2003 Honorary Address: Earthquakes and Tsunamis: When the Earth Moves

� Dolomites: The Spectrum – Mechanisms, Models, Reservoir Development

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Peter Lougheed Provincial Park,Alberta – Looking north from ridge above Commonwealth Lake to Synclinein the Fist. The syncline is cored by resistant grey carbonates of the Upper Devonian lower Palliser Formation.Underlying the Palliser are the more arenaceous beds of the Sassenach Formation. The yellow-brown calcareousshales and argillceous carbonates of the Mount Hawk Formation of the Fairholme Group underlie the Sassenach.Photo by Gordon C. Hurlburt.

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In the quarter-century since he graduated with a McMaster doctorate, Frederick JohnLongstaffe has built for himself a distinguished academic career in the universities of Albertaand Western Ontario.

In research, Longstaffe has propelled himself to international preeminence as a geochemistby pioneering the use of stable isotopes to improve fundamental understanding of processesoperating on and within the Earth. He has addressed such diverse issues as the evolution ofancient crustal rocks, clay-mineral genesis, fluid movement in sedimentary basins, formationand exploitation of heavy oils and oil sands, natural generation of greenhouse gases, plantbiomineralization, and paleoclimatic reconstruction.A teacher of high repute, his pedagogicalskills have been manifest not only in the university classroom, but also, nationally andinternationally, in the lecture circuit and in short courses offered in his profession withalmost biannual regularity. A university department head and dean, Longstaffe has alsoserved his professional community loyally and well – as a former President of the GeologicalAssociation of Canada, Director of the Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Division of the RoyalSociety of Canada, Chairman of NATO’s Advisory Panel on Advanced Study Institutes, andchairman or member of more than fifty other organizational bodies in the geosciencesoutside his university.

In their totality, Longstaffe’s accomplishments amount to an academic tour de force richlydeserving of recognition at the highest level.

GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADACITATION OF FREDERICK J. LONGSTAFFE

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When I was approached to run as AssistantServices Director, they told me it wouldinvolve some time, some meetings, and somefun. But they didn’t tell me I’d have to be awriter too!

This is my first year on the CSPG Executive,and as others have mentioned before me, Inow have a greater understanding of what ittakes to run an organization the size andscope of the CSPG. I am also involved involunteering with several other charitableand non-charitable organizations, and at therisk of sounding like a broken record, I realizeeven more that volunteers are the backboneof many of these organizations.

Being involved with the CSPG on theexecutive isn’t all meetings and business. I wasprivileged to be invited to the Official Openingof the ATCO Tyrrell Learning Centre at theworld-famous Royal Tyrrell Museum on August19, 2003. This is the Alberta Government’sfirst Legacy project to be completed tocommemorate Alberta’s Centennial in 2005.

As we all know, most kids have an interest indinosaurs from a very young age, and somecontinue on to become earth scientists,myself being one of them. I still rememberas a kid exploring the badlands atDrumheller with my father, looking forfossils. The new ATCO Tyrrell LearningCentre will provide much needed classroomand teaching space to help cultivate buddingpaleontologists and geologists. The LearningCentre adds more than 16,000 square feetto the museum, which includes a hands-onworkshop, a distance-learning studio, and anoutdoor interpretive area. It is predictedthat an additional 8,000 students each yearwill have access to various programs at themuseum. Just think, if we could get even 1%or 2% of these young people to continue onto study earth science as a career, that couldpotentially be over 100 new earth scientistsa year!

We are all aware of the looming retirementof the baby-boom generation in this business,and the shortage of earth scientists that willfollow. Any programs available thatencourage young people to study thesciences can only help. You too can do yourpart by working with our various outreachprograms and helping recent earth sciencegraduates with their job searches. I knoweveryone can remember graduating and allthe companies wanting only to hire someonewith 2+ years experience. It hasn’t changed!We all know that many times it is “who youknow”, contacts, and networking that getsyou in the door. If everyone helped even onenew earth scientist to find their first job, ifwould be a great accomplishment. I ampresently helping two recent grads with theirjob search; one has found work as a well-sitegeologist and the other has been put incontact with a promising potential employer.

And now a message from our sponsor:Check out our new CareerSource link on theCSPG website. Members can post theirresumes and access jobs in PetroleumGeology. Employers can search out potentialcandidates. Visit www.cspg.org.

In closing, I would like to express my thanksto all who have volunteered with the variouscommittees and conventions, and encourageall of you to help out where you can. I lookforward to working with the variouscommittees and volunteers during theupcoming year as I assume the position ofServices Director. I know everyone is busy intheir personal and business lives, but if youcould even help out with one event, thatwould make a difference. At the very leastyou’ll make lots of new contacts, and you toomay have the chance to develop those non-technical writing skills.

About that broken record, or scratched CDfor you younger people, if you are interestedin volunteering on any of the committees orfor any events, please contact our VolunteerCoordinator, Blythe Lowe, or any member ofthe CSPG Executive. Even better, if youwould like to consider running for anexecutive position, as elections will becoming up in the fall, please contact BruceMcIntyre, Past President, for details.

Wayne DwyerAssistant Services Director

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Exploration Model for CBMin the Alberta Plains

SPEAKERSOlwen F.R.WirthMGV Energy, Inc.Melany D. HysertMGV Energy, Inc.

11:30 amTuesday, October 7, 2003

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This presentation will focus on the coalzones of the Alberta Plains and some ofthe factors that have allowed MGVEnergy Inc. to develop coalbed methane(CBM) so quickly.We will summarize themajor attributes of the target coal zonesand MGV’s approach to evaluating theirCBM potential. We will also discuss somethe important differences between thegeologic approach to CBM exploration inCanada before and after 1998.

The first phase of CBM exploration anddevelopment in Canada began in the late1970s and concluded in the early 1990swhen most activity took place. Duringthis period, more than 80 wells weredrilled in Western Canada of whichapproximately 50 wells were drilled inthe Alberta Plains evaluating Ardleyand Mannville coals. No significantcommercial production resulted fromthese initial efforts.

The second phase of Canadian CBMexploration and development began in1998 and is continuing today.As part ofthis recent activity, additional coal zoneshave been tested in the Alberta Plains,including the low-rank HorseshoeCanyon and Belly River Formations.

MGV embarked on CBM exploration inCanada in 1998. To date, MGV’s mainfocus has been in the Alberta Plainswhere we have drilled more than 200wells. In February 2003, MGV was thefirst company to book CBM reserves inCanada. MGV is currently producingsales gas from coal seams in theHorseshoe Canyon and Belly River

Formations. MGV is testing theseformations in new areas as well asevaluating Ardley and Mannville coals.

BIOGRAPHIESOlwen Wirth, Manager of Geology at MGVEnergy Inc. has 20 years of oil and gasexperience. She has a B.Sc. in Geology fromthe University of Alberta. For the past fouryears she has focused on CBM explorationand development in Western Canada. Shebegan her career as a wellsite geologist,subsequently worked at the AlbertaDepartment of Energy as a reservoirgeologist and has worked with variouscompanies in the oil and gas industry inCalgary during the past six years.

Melany Hysert is a geologist with MGVEnergy Inc., and has worked on coalbedmethane projects in the Alberta Plains forthe past four years. She graduated from theUniversity of Waterloo, in 1997 with a B.Sc.in Earth Science. Her student work termsand contract positions prior to joining MGVEnergy Inc., were at Energy, Mines andResources Canada; Canmet; Gulf CanadaResources, and PanCanadian Energy.

Indications for EffectivePetroleum Systems inBowser and Sustut Basins,North-central BritishColumbia

SPEAKERK.G. OsadetzGeological Survey of Canada, Calgary

AUTHORSL. D. Stasiuk & N. S. F.Wilson Geological Survey of Canada, CalgaryC.A. EvenchickGeological Survey of Canada, Pacific F. FerriMinistry of Energy and Mines,British Columbia

11:30 amTuesday, October 21, 2003


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Recent field work in the Bowser andSustut basins has found ‘live” oil in abreeched Skeena Fold Belt antiform inJurassic Bowser Lake Groupsedimentary rocks of the IntermontaneBelt, British Columbia. This oil occurs asoil stains and petroleum fluid inclusionsthat are generally less than 45 degreesAPI. Condensate may also be present insome petroleum fluid inclusions. Theintergranular porosity of the sample isfilled by a pervasive cement that lackspetroleum fluid inclusions, and whichprobably post-dates the breeching of thestructure. Elsewhere, outcroppingBowser Lake Group sediments havepreserved intergranular porosity andreservoir potential. Other, anecdotal,

evidence suggests that natural gas maybe seeping from sub-Bowser LakeGroup rocks on the shore of TatoggaLake, in the same general region. Thisprovides direct evidence that there is atleast one effective petroleum system inthe Bowser and Sustut basins of theIntermontane Belt. The crude oilsextracted from these samples havemolecular compositions (terpane andsterane biomarkers) that indicate asource in Paleozoic marine carbonaterocks deposited in a meso-haline tohypersaline environment. The source ofthese oils likely lies in (Devonian toPermian) Stikine Assemblage Paleozoiccarbonate strata that underlie UpperTriassic Stuhini Group and Lower toMiddle Jurassic Hazelton Groupsuccessions on which the Middle toUpper Jurassic Bowser Lake and UpperCretaceous Sustut successions weredeposited. These observations, based on

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new organic petrographic data are muchmore optimistic for oil and gas generationand preservation. However, they illustratelarge lateral and stratigraphic variations inthermal maturity that affect petroleumsystems and potential reservoirs in waysneither well described or clearly understood.As a result of these new observations, thereis a pressing need to revise existingpetroleum assessments to capture the impactof reduced risks in plays in both Bowser Lakeand Sustut groups and to expand the set ofplays to consider the newly recognizedpotential of underlying successions. There isalso a pressing need to act on this new andfavourable evidence that an accessible,potential frontier petroleum province, thesize of a European country lies effectivelyunexplored and undeveloped.

BIOGRAPHYKirk G. Osadetz is manager of NRCan’s researchprogram into the fuel potential of natural gashydrates and is the leader of an Energy Researchand Development project into the development ofimproved methods of undiscovered petroleumresource assessment. He contributes to NationalEnergy Board studies of Canadian Energy Supplyand the Canadian Gas Potential Committee’sstudies of undiscovered natural gas resources.

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Triassic Ichthyosaurs fromBritish Columbia - The WestCoast of Pangea

SPEAKERElizabeth L. NichollsRoyal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

11:30 amThursday, November 13, 2003


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Ichthyosaurs were the first reptiles toinvade the oceans, appearing in the EarlyTriassic, right after the big extinction atthe Permian-Triassic boundary. Of allmarine reptiles, they are the most highlyadapted to the marine environment.Until recently, most of our informationon ichthyosaurs was based on the manywell preserved specimens from theJurassic of Europe. Triassic forms have amuch poorer fossil record, and theirorigin and relationships have remainedpoorly understood. Recent work in bothBritish Columbia and China are sheddinglight on some of these problems.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum has beencollecting and studying fossil marinereptiles from the Triassic of northeasternBritish Columbia for the last 12 years.Asa result, we can now recognize threedistinct faunas of Triassic marine reptilesin the region.

The Early Triassic (Smithian?) fauna isfound in the Vega Phroso Member of theSulphur Mountain Formation, andincludes Chaohusaurus and Utatsusaurus.These are the earliest, most primitiveichthyosaurs known, and have manytransitional features. Prior to our workin British Columbia, these genera wereknown only from the Early Triassic ofChina and Japan. The British Columbiaspecimens are older than the Asianforms, and raise interesting questionsregarding their dispersal.

The Middle Triassic fauna is much moreabundant and diverse.This is found in theWhistler and Llama Members of theSulphur Mountain Formation (Anisian-Ladinian). In addition to ichthyosaurs, itincludes thalattosaurs and sauropterygians.The common ichthyosaur genus isPhalarodon, which is much more advancedthan the Early Triassic forms. It was welladapted to the marine environment and, asa result, it has a world-wide distributionaround the coast of Pangea.

The Late Triassic fauna is best knownfrom the Pardonet Formation, althoughsome specimens are found in theunderlying Baldonel. This fauna isdiverse, with at least five genera ofichthyosaurs being represented. Theexceptional abundance of specimens inthe Pardonet is consistent with acondensed zone, and a slowsedimentation rate. The two mostabundant taxa are the shastasauridichthyosaurs Callawayia and Shonisaurus.Shonisaursus is the largest marine reptileon record. A specimen collected by theTyrrell Museum in 2000 is 23 m long, andlarger specimens are known.This puts itwell within the range of the largerbaleen whales.

These forms became extinct at the endof the Triassic, and were replaced by thewidespread genus, Ichthyosaurus.

BIOGRAPHYBetsy Nicholls received her Ph.D. from theUniversity of Calgary and has been Curatorof Marine Reptiles at the Royal TyrrellMuseum since 1990. Her research focuseson marine reptiles from the Triassic andfrom the Cretaceous Western InteriorSeaway. In 2000 she received the RolexAward for Enterprise for her collection of agiant ichthyosaur from British Columbia.

Geology of the Athabasca OilSands: Current Research,New Interpretations, RecentDebate

SPEAKERMike Ranger Consultant

AUTHORMurray GingrasUniversity of Alberta

11:30 amThursday, November 27, 2003


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The last five years have witnessed asurge in Athabasca research fueled byan acceleration in oil sandsdevelopment, as well as contentious gasproduction issues.

In south Athabasca, an obligation todemonstrate that gas is isolated frombitumen has generated strong interestin upper McMurray stratigraphy.Indications of the widespread presenceof stacked, coarsening-upward (c/u)units, floored by marine mud, have beenborne out. The base of a c/u unit is a

flooding surface marked by atransgressive surface of erosion. Themarine mud deposited on this surfaceis easily mappable and appears to havebeen continuous and widespread, actingas a seal for reservoir fluids. The c/uunits are shoreface parasequencespossibly related to a wave-dominateddeltaic system. Their typical faciessuccession is easily recognised in core,and they also have a distinctive gammaray signature. Where that signature isanomalous, the c/u parasequences haveapparently been eroded. Present debatecentres on whether that erosion isautocyclic within a genetic unit, orperhaps is more profound evidence ofthe presence of unconformities withassociated incised valley fills.

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The middle McMurray can be subdivided intotwo dominant facies associations: FA1constitutes thick bedsets of megarippled sandcontaining abundant tidal indicators and amarine trace fossil assemblage; FA2 consistsof muddy to sandy channel deposits,dominated by IHS point-bar architecture,with a brackish trace fossil fingerprint. TheFA2 IHS units always overlie the FA1megarippled units in a close association, yetthey are always separated by an erosional orabrupt contact. This suggests that middleestuary FA2 prograded over outer estuaryFA1 into a low accommodation basin, and isnot indicative of an incised valley fill.

Current speculation is that the McMurrayFormation is a succession of prograding deltaicsystems, initially tide-dominated (middleMcMurray) due to lateral confinement by thepaleotopography of the sub-CretaceousUnconformity, but evolving to wave- andstorm-dominated (upper McMurray) as thebasin filled and topography became attenuated.

The Athabasca trapping mechanism is abroad, low amplitude anticline, the easternarm of which is a structural roll-over causedby dissolution of Devonian salt. North ofapproximately Twp. 89, bitumen extendsconsiderably farther to the east beyond the

salt solution front. Here the trap wasprobably stratigraphic. Delineating thisnortheastern "bulge" has driven recent landacquisition strategy.

BIOGRAPHIESMike Ranger received his B.Sc. from ConcordiaUniversity, Montreal, and M.Sc. from MemorialUniversity of Newfoundland in 1979. Employedfor eight years at Gulf Canada as an explorationgeologist, he worked on the Canadian ArcticIslands, Beaufort Sea, and Athabasca Oil Sands.He received his Ph.D. from the University ofAlberta in 1993, and has been an independentconsultant in Athabasca Oil Sands since 1990.Mike has also developed sedimentologicalsoftware which is currently in use worldwide.

Dr. Murray Gingras is an Assistant Professor ofGeology at the University of Alberta. Murray'sareas of study include ichnology, sedimentology,and stratigraphy. His recent research hasfocused on developing facies models frommodern, marginal-marine, sedimentaryenvironments. His aim is to apply derivativedepositional models to the Alberta subsurface.Murray was previously on faculty at theUniversity of New Brunswick. He received hisPh.D. from the University of Alberta in 1999.

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BASIN ANALYSIS DIVISION

Evidence for a Basin-scaleUnconformity in the MiddleTriassic of western Canada

SPEAKERJames DixonGeological Survey of Canada, Calgary

12:00 NoonMonday, October 6, 2003

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The prevailing stratigraphic-sedimentological model of the Triassicupper Doig, Halfway, and lower CharlieLake succession is that of a verticalfacies transition from offshore (Doig)through shoreface (Halfway) into sabhka(lower Charlie Lake) deposits, withsome tidal inlet deposits associated withthe shoreface beds.

Cores and logs throughout the basin indicate thereare three distinct stratigraphic settings for the upperDoig to lower Charlie Lake succession. In one settingthere is a transitional change from typical thinlyinterbedded sandstones and shale of the DoigFormation into a thick interval of Halfway sandstone,in turn abruptly overlain by Charlie Lake facies(interbedded dolostone,anhydrite,shale,and minorsandstone).In most of these Halfway successions,anerosionally based interval is present. In the secondtype of setting, a thin-to-thick Halfway successionrests erosionally on Doig beds,and is abruptly overlainby Charlie Lake facies. In the third setting, lowerCharlie Lake beds rest erosionally on Doig facies.

Field- to basin-scale correlations show thatmajor truncation occurs below awidespread erosion surface,correspondingto that seen in core and extrapolated intouncored wells. The best explanation forthese stratigraphic relationships is that of abasin-scale unconformity.

Published models have been re-examined and alternative correlationsand interpretations show that an

unconformity model can readily explainthe stratigraphic relationships seen inthe facies models from the Wembley andPeejay areas.

BIOGRAPHYJames Dixon spent several years withAmoco Canada and Petro-Canada beforejoining the Geological Survey of Canada in1978. At the Survey, he has worked on thestratigraphy and sedimentology of Triassicto Tertiary strata in the Northwest Territoriesand northern Yukon, and the Triassic in thesubsurface of western Canada.

INFORMATIONBASS Division talks are free. Please bringyour lunch. For further information aboutthe division, joining our mailing list, a list ofupcoming talks, or if you wish to present atalk or lead a field trip, please contacteither Steve Donaldson at 403-645-5534,email: [email protected] orMark Caplan at 403-691-3843, email:[email protected] or visit our webpage at www.cspg.org/basin_analysis.html.

EMERGING PETROLEUM RESOURCES DIVISION

The mandate of the EmergingPetroleum Resources Division (EPRD)is to provide a forum for CSPGmembers that are engaged in thesearch, characterization, and evaluationof resources that are commonlyregarded as "unconventional" here inCanada. As we look ahead for futurepetroleum resources, much of theproduction is expected to come fromless conventional plays. Some of theprimary emerging resources includecoalbed methane, gas and oil shales, gashydrates and very-low permeability

reservoirs. All of these emergingresources have large resource estimatesattached. However, they are currentlychallenged by technological oreconomic limitations.

Monthly luncheons are held at noon onthe second Wednesday of every monthin the ConocoPhillips Auditorium. TheConocoPhillips Auditorium can be foundon the +30 level on the west end of thebuilding, at 401 - 9th Avenue SW,Calgary. Speakers for the luncheons aresought from industry, academia, and

research institutions to include topicson coalbed methane, gas hydrates, gasand oil shales, very low permeabilityreservoirs, and other resources that gainattention in these "unconventionalresource" arenas.

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PALAEONTOLOGY DIVISION

Insights into the Science ofMammalian Biostratigraphyand Late Cretaceous(Lancian) Mammals of theBighorn Basin,Wyoming

SPEAKERMichael W.WebbImperial Oil

7:30 PMFriday, October 17, 2003

Mount Royal College, Room B1084825 Richard Road SWCalgary, Alberta

Mammalian remains, primarily teeth, arebiostratigraphically useful index fossils interrestrial Cretaceous and Tertiary strata

of western North America. Mammalianteeth are preferentially preserved due totheir hardness, are species-specific inmost instances, are generally immunefrom variation due to age and sex, andlend themselves to detailedmorphological studies. Using fossilmammals as the primary means ofbiostratigraphic control in theCretaceous and Tertiary terrestrialsediments of western North America hasled to the creation of North AmericanLand Mammal Ages (NALMAs) thatsupplement / replace biozones based onEuropean strata and fossils. As a basis forfurther discussion, tooth morphologyand NALMAs will be touched upon.

The Hewett’s Foresight Local Fauna ofWyoming’s Bighorn Basin is latest

Cretaceous (Lancian) in age. It is one ofonly four large collections of Lancianmammals, all of which are found inlocalities from Alberta, Montana, andWyoming. Similar to the “type” Lancefauna of eastern Wyoming, the Hewett’sForesight Local Fauna is rich inmultituberculate and marsupial mammalsas indicated by the overwhelmingabundance of the genera Mesodma andAlphadon. The composition of themultituberculate and eutherian(placental) assemblages suggestsnorthern affinities for the fauna, whilethe marsupial sample shows importantdifferences from the “type” Lance fauna.The Hewett’s Foresight Local Faunaprovides special insight into the status ofmammalian populations in the latestCretaceous of western North America.

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION

Structure, HydrocarbonHabitat, and Politics in theLago Medio Area, MaracaiboBasin,Venezuela

SPEAKERC.D. (Sam) JohnstonJohnston Seismic Consulting Ltd./CoreLab Reservoir Technologies Division,Maracaibo

12:00 Noon Friday, October 17, 2003


Few things happen in Venezuela thatdon’t have something to do with oil.

The Lago Medio area is situated in thecenter of the Maracaibo Sub-plate alongthe Icotea Wrench Fault System. In theEocene, the Caribbean Plate sliddextrally past the Maracaibo sub-plateand initially created accommodationspace for the tide-dominated, deltaic

Misoa Formation. Further localtranspression and transtension led todifferential uplift and erosion or collapseand preservation.

In the north, hydrocarbons are trappedin the lower Misoa C6/C7 sequencesthat subcrop against the Mio-Eoceneunconformity along the Atico/Icoteatranspressive fault/fold system. In thecentral area the Misoa B6/9 sequenceswere preserved by differential collapseand hydrocarbons are trapped insubcropping and fault-delineatedsequences. In the south, transtensionalforces led to the formation of majorgrabens with local wrench-inducedfolds. The Miocene Santa BarbaraFormation is producing over most ofthe area.

The failed April, 2002 coup and therecent December-January strike/lockoutestablished the control by the HugoChavez populist government overPDVSA – the national oil company – andoil policy. Now the Venezuelanopposition is only left with constitutionalmeans in its struggle with the

government for the control of oil,money, power, and Venezuela.

A series of Maracaibo Basin referencescan be found at: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~johnstos/maracaibo.html

Acknowledgement: Bob Rieser(geologist) and Hugo Lazarde (projectleader), Core Lab, ReservoirTechnologies Division, Maracaibo;PDVSA, Maracaibo.

BIOGRAPHYSince 1972 C.D. (Sam) Johnston has workedon a diverse variety of seismic interpretationand integration projects with Mobil, Gulf,Davitt Consultants, Norcen, and for the lasteight years Johnston Seismic Consulting Ltd.He has lived and worked in six countries andworked and/or traveled in over forty.

INFORMATIONThere is no charge. Please bring your lunch.Refreshments are provided by EnCana andECL Canada. For more information or togive a talk in the future, please contactGeoffrey Say at 403 263-0449 or e-mail [email protected]

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STRUCTURAL DIVISION

The Kinematics of NormalFaulting: Lessons fromMapping andThermochronometry in theBasin and Range Province

SPEAKERRobert J. BradyDepartment of Geology andGeophysics, University of Calgary

12:00 Noon,Thursday, October 16, 2003

+30 (3rd floor) ConocoPhillipsConference Centre (inside SunterraMarket), Gulf Canada Square,401 - 9th Avenue SW.Calgary, Alberta

Mapping and thermochronometry froma variety of locations in the Basin andRange Province (southwestern U.S.) hasresulted in a new kinematic model ofnormal faulting. This model suggeststhat normal fault systems commonlyconsist of imbricate stacks of faults, inwhich steeply to moderately dipping

faults merge downward into a basaldetachment. This kinematic model isinconsistent with the widely acceptedview that any near-horizontal normalfaults were rotated to their presentorientations by later, cross-cuttingnormal faults, and slip rates on any givenfault rarely exceed 1 mm/yr. Evidencefrom geological mapping of the SouthVirgin Mts., Nevada and Arizona, as wellas the Yerington District and EganRange in Nevada shows that, in all ofthese areas, extension was initiallyaccommodated through moderately tosteeply dipping listric normal faults. Asthe early faults and fault blocks tilted,secondary faults broke within each faultblock, soling into the early faults, ratherthan cross-cutting them. Thus, some ofthe early faults became basaldetachments, which remained active asthey were rotated to dips of less than20°. Thermochronometry from anumber of large-offset fault footwallssuggests that the most significant ofthese basal detachments have acharacteristic slip rate of ~5 mm/yr.

BIOGRAPHYRobert received his B.Sc. from theUniversity of Calgary and his M.S. and Ph.D.from Caltech. Since receiving his Ph.D. in1998, he has worked on a variety ofprojects, including: natural gas exploration inthe Canadian cordillera, interpretation ofborehole geophysics at the Yucca Mt.proposed nuclear waste repository, seismichazard studies at Los Alamos National Lab,and the kinematics of strike-slip faults inCalifornia. He recently joined the faculty atthe University of Calgary, where he iscontinuing research into the evolution ofboth strike-slip and extensional structures,and the physical properties of crustal rocks.

INFORMATIONThere is no charge. Please bring yourlunch. Deserts are provided by NorwestLaboratories. Beverages are provided byHEF Petrophysical. For details or topresent a talk in the future, pleasecontact Luc Lalonde at 403-201-4344, e-mail: [email protected] or EricHanson at 403-233-3250, email:[email protected]

BIOGRAPHYMichael Webb received his M.Sc. (Geology)from the University of Alberta for his work onPaleocene mammals from near DraytonValley, Alberta. He then earned a Ph.D.(Geology) from the University of Wyoming forresearch in two distinct fields: Late Cretaceousmammals and fluvial sedimentology.Dr.Webb

currently resides in Calgary, working withImperial Oil on various geological projectsbased in northern Alberta, the MackenzieDelta, and offshore eastern Canada.

INFORMATIONThis event is jointly presented by theAlberta Palaeontological Society, Mount

Royal College and the CSPG PaleontologyDivision. For information or to present atalk in the future please contact CSPGPaleo Divison Head Philip Benham at 403-691-3343 or [email protected] the APS website for confirmation ofevent times and upcoming speakers:http://www.albertapaleo.org/

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SEDIMENTOLOGY DIVISION

Ichnology of an Ancient,Shallow Marine Embayment:Using Bioturbation Patternsto EnhancePalaeoenvironmentalReconstruction

SPEAKERMichelle SpilaUniversity of Alberta

12:00 Noon,Monday, October 20, 2003


The Albian-aged Upper Ben NevisFormation in the Hibernia Field of the

Jeanne d’Arc Basin is an ichnologicallycomplex interval. It consists of highlybioturbated, silty sandstone initiallyinterpreted as lower shoreface deposits.Upon closer examination of thebiological component, trace fossilassemblages representing an ecologicallystressed community of organisms wereidentified. These unique assemblagesdeveloped in response to changes in

environmental or ecological conditions.Variations in such parameters are common in“stressed” marine systems such as shallowembayments or sounds.

A “stressed” marine system is characterizedby fluctuations in environmental/ecologicalconditions (such as salinity, oxygenation, orsediment influx) outside of the “normal”range of marine parameters. For example,“stressed” marine conditions exist inNorton Sound, Alaska due to fluvial outputof the Yukon River. In comparison, moderndeposits from Norton Sound arecharacteristically similar to those of theUpper Ben Nevis. Trace fossil assemblagesfound in both deposits are characterized byoverlapping marine and brackish ichnologicalsignatures. The resulting biogenic fabricsexhibit moderately diverse trace fossilassemblages, nearly complete bioturbation,and domination by one or two ichnogenera.

Recognition of “stressed” trace fossilassemblages in the upper Ben NevisFormation is extremely important inpalaeoenvironmental and palaeotectonicanalysis. Prior to this study, deposition in theHibernia area during Albian time wasthought to have taken place in relativelyopen marine and tectonically stableconditions.As a result of this study, it is nowbelieved that deposition took place underrestricted, shallow marine conditionscreated by syn-depositional faulting,subsidence, and rollover.

INFORMATIONTalks are free – don’t forget to bring your lunch!

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The Extraordinary Odyssey ofR. G. McConnell

Some 16 years following the Fort Nelsontragedy, Governor George Simpson hadinstructed Hudson’s Bay Clerk JohnHutchinson to establish a post on the upperLiard River. Hutchinson, in the company offour voyageurs, set out from Fort Simpson inlate June, 1829 in their North canoe, whichincluded, as well, 90 pound packets of tradegoods, staple food, and equipment. Arrivingat the forks of the Liard and its East Branch(Fort Nelson River), the party encounteredlocal natives who dissuaded them fromcontinuing up the Liard proper. Theyexpressed foreboding accounts of the paucityof wild life and the impenetrability of theriver. It was their subtle ploy, albeitoverstated, to convince Hutchinson to locatea trading post within their environs. Heedingtheir advice, the Hudson Bay men proceededup the East Branch and during the first day,

after travelling approximately 30 miles,observed the derelict remains of the formerNorth West Company’s Fort Nelson. Afterascending the river for some 120 milesfarther, they arrived at its confluence with theProphet and Muskwa tributaries. It was nearhere that they erected a post which wasnamed Fort Halkett. From its inception, thenew post’s intake in furs was at best marginal,owing to inclement winter weather and thenatives preoccupation with subsisting on thelimited game that could be procured. Therabbit population had seriously declined,which scarcity had impacted on its predators.After a mere three years of occupancy, ChiefFactor Edward Smith of Fort Simpson, afterconsulting with Governor Simpson, ordered,in 1832, that the post be abandoned andmoreover that a new Fort Halkett beconstructed the same year at a location onthe upper Liard in the region of themountains. Interestingly, old Fort Halkett wasreestablished by the Hudson’s Bay Company

in 1865 (Ref.: 1953, Karamanski,Theodore J.;Fur Trade and Exploration - Opening the FarNorthwest 1821 -1852, Univ. of BritishColumbia Press, pp. 89, 90&112).

Fort Liard, erected in 1804 by the NorthWest Company, was the first fur trading poston the Liard River. Simon Fraser is reportedto have been there the same year followed byhis colleague, George Keith of the samecompany. A second post is believed to havebeen built by the Nor’Westers between FortLiard and Fort Simpson but no recordremains of its precise site (Ref.: 1900, Bryce;The remarkable Story of the Hudson’s BayCompany. Pub., Sampson Low, Marston andCompany, p. 392). Undoubtedly, it was short-lived and conceivably its position may havebeen where the South Nahanni Riverdebouches into the Liard.

George Dawson submitted a summaryreport to his director,Alfred Selwyn, after heand his assistant, James McEvoy, completedtheir reconnaissance survey in 1887 of theDease, upper Liard, Frances, Findlayson, Pelly,and Yukon (Lewes) Rivers. He, as supervisorof the Yukon Exploring Expedition of 1887-1888, was to receive Richard McConnell’spreliminary report of the lower part of theLiard River and return with it to Ottawa.Unfortunately, McConnell had sent hisreport via the Hudson’s Bay winter packet.Owning to a delay in expediting the packet,his summary report was not received byDawson. Notwithstanding, the lattersubmitted to the director two letters he hadreceived from McConnell, dated July 27, 1887.An extract from his first letter succinctlyreveals the fortitude with which he and hismen endured the most dangerous course ofthe upper Liard River. McConnell relates:“Between the Little Cañon (Canyon) andforty miles below the Devil’s Portage it fallsover 1,000 feet, and as forty miles of this isgood water you may imagine the state of therest. It would be bad enough if it had roomto flow, but it is penned in by cañons(canyons), often less than 150 feet wide,every few miles, and then whirls and boils inan incredible manner. We worked our way bysheer muscle, carrying both boat and stuff

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Figure 1. Drainage Basins of the Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers.

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through forests and over high hills. My menturned out well and worked without agrumble. As for myself, I have hardly a stitchof clothes left, as they were torn to piecesand left hanging on the brambles and rootsalong the many portages.” (Ref.: Selwyn,Alfred, R. C., Summary Report of theOperations of the Geological Survey for theYears 1887 and 1888. pp. 12A, 13A).

The Hudson’s Bay Company’s explorationof the upper Liard River and its tributariescommenced following its amalgamationwith the North West Company in 1821.John W. McLeod, a Hudson’s Bay clerk, andhis party left Fort Simpson in 1823 andascended the Liard to its confluence withthe South Nahanni River. After entering thelatter some distance, he and his partyabandoned their canoe and, after strikingoverland on foot across nine mountainranges, they arrived at a region of detached,low-relief mountains. No natives wereencountered during the expedition’sadvance. On their return, however, theymet with a camp of Nahannis whom theyagreed to meet again with the next spring(Morton, Arthur S., 1939, A History of theCanadian West to 1870 - 71, Pub. Nelson,pp. 705, 706). McLeod’s party probablytraversed the southern extremities of theMackenzie and Selwyn Mountains andentered the Hyland Plateau region.

Prior to the union of the two companies, theNorth West Company had operated twotrading posts along the drainage system ofthe Liard River. They had been served bytheir principal post, referred by theNor’Westers as Folks of the Mackenzie(renamed Fort Simpson after merger). FortLiard was erected in 1805 and was located onthe lower Liard River near its junction withthe Petitot River. The ill-fated, short-livedFort Nelson, built in 1807, was located on theFort Nelson (originally named East branch ofLiard) not too far from that tributary’smeeting with the Liard. The inhospitablenature attributed to the upper Liard and itsindigenous tribes by local natives, either realor contrived, was sufficient to slow theNor’Westers incursions into this hinterland.

The Dease River was discovered by JohnMcLeod of the Hudson’s Bay Company onAugust 31, 1831. This was the same McLeodwho, eight years earlier, had led a companyparty in reconnoitering the lower reaches ofthe South Nahanni River.

On June 28, 1831, McLeod embarked fromFort Simpson accompanied by six voyageursand two native hunters (Karamanski,Theodore J., 1953; Fur Trade and Exploration- Opening the Far Northwest 1821-1852,Pub., U. of B.C. Press, p. 94). McLeod and hisparty reached Fort Liard, a distance of 160miles of river travel from Fort Simpson,within six days of departure. This lowersegment of the Liard presented no seriousobstacles for navigation. During the weekMcLeod spent visiting Murdock McPherson,the post’s clerk, he attempted to extractinformation from the local natives as to whathe could expect during the course of his

ascent. The local natives told of theimpending perils that the upstream riverwould impose on McLeod and his party. Hewas inclined to dismiss, for the most part,their ominous predictions and concludedthat such remarks were motivated by theirself-serving interests to preclude theinclusion of additional native groups engagedin the trafficking in furs.

After departing from Fort Liard andproceeding upriver, McLeod began to realizethat the dire predictions made by the


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natives at Fort Liard were not to be belied.What lay ahead proved to be a voyageur’snightmare. Hardly a day passed that thecrew was unable at some point to paddleupstream. The subsequent naming of thetreacherous stretches of the Liard: “Hell’sGate”, “Rapids of the Drowned”, “GrandCanyon”, “Devil’s Rapids” and “WhirlpoolCanyon” attests to the hardships met bythose would-be navigators.

On reaching the outflow of the Dease Riverinto the Liard, McLeod and his partypurposely diverted their course into thismajor southwest tributary for several miles,only to be confronted by a narrow canyonwhich had constricted the river’s flow into astretch of boiling rapids. Thwarted by thisobstacle, McLeod and his party returned tothe Liard to continue their search for itssource. During their subsequent ascent,McLeod’s mistaken judgement convinced himto veer north into what he had supposed, upto then, was the main channel of the Liard. Inactuality, he had diverted his course to animportant northern tributary of the Liard,

later to be named Frances River. Theycontinued up this tributary to its outflowfrom a large lake which McLeod namedSimpson’s Lake after Governor GeorgeSimpson. They had hoped to encounternatives on crossing this lake, but instead foundevidence of their presence at an abandonedfish camp where a cache was discovered.McLeod, in investigating its contents forEuropean-produced trade articles, foundnone. As a surreptitious trading gesture,McLeod removed three beaver pelts from thecache and in their place substituted knives andfire steel, as well as other manufactured tradegoods (Ibid., p. 109). Prior to their departure,McLeod recorded their presence by blazing alarge pine tree, located on a island inSimpson’s Lake on which he carved his initials,date of arrival, number of men in his party, anddeparture date from Fort Simpson. At theprompting of his party members, the island,bearing his inscription, was given the name:“McLeod Island” (Ibid., p. 110).

The return trip to Fort Simpson, which took16 days, was unfortunately marred by a tragic

episode which occurred at Portage BruleRapids. In order to reduce the risk in runningthese rapids in their 25-foot, 300-poundbirch-bark North canoe, an additional load ofno more than four men was allowed: abowman, sternman, and two paddlers.Consequently,McLeod, in the company of twovoyageurs and the two natives, proceededalong the portage trail. They apprehensiblyshouted words of encouragement to the fourvoyageurs as they maneuvered their canoethrough the rapids when, unavoidably, itcollided with a partially submerged rock ledgewhich severed the canoe in three parts. Twoof the voyageurs disappeared beneath thecascading water while the other two, clingingto fragments of the dismembered canoe,fortuitously made it safely to shore. McLeodand his remaining crew were faced with thedilemma of how to construct a replacementcanoe, since their axe and other necessaryitems were lost in the river. With only the useof a crooked knife, they managed to fashion amakeshift canoe, which served to convey theremaining seven of them safely to FortSimpson. They arrived there on September 9,


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SESSIONS:

Water resources for petroleum exploration and production (Dr. Kevin Parks,Alberta Geological Survey - Chair); Resources for waterfloods, steam

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Resource Conflict (Dave McGee, Alberta Environment - Chair): Industrial impactson surface and shallow groundwater resources.

Handling and disposal of produced water (Dr. Ian Hutcheon, University of Calgary- Chair); Coalbed Methane waters, co-produced freshwaters from shallow gas,SAGD produced water, treatment and compatibility, disposal of acid gases intoaquifers, etc.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Dr. Marios Sophocleous, Kansas Geological Survey • Dr. Bill Gunter, Alberta Research Council• Dr. David Percy, Dean of Law, University of Alberta

CALL FOR POSTERS:

Oral talks will be by invitation only. However delegates are welcome to submit abstractsfor poster presentations pertaining to the subject of the 3 main themes of the conference.Deadline for abstract submission is December 10, 2003.

For more information, registration and electronic submission of abstracts go towww.cspg.org or contact the CSPG office at 264-5610.

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Stephen Grasby, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources CanadaJohn Cody, Encana CorporationPhil Esslinger, Rakhit Petroleum ConsultingDion Lobreau, Talisman EnergyReghan Ottenson, SafetyBOSS, Sponsorship – 333-6077

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The CSPG University Outreach Committeewas formed in 2002 to augment linksbetween the CSPG and Canadian universityearth science departments. We aim to helpattract university geology students to thepetroleum industry or related governmentand academic positions, and ultimately toencourage them to join the CSPG.

The University Outreach Committee isactive in four main areas:

1. University Lecture Tours

CSPG members present lectures focused ongeological applications in industry oracademic settings. The lectures are organizedas week-long tours of several universities, andinclude time at each school for the speakerto meet and talk with students and faculty.

There were three very successful toursconducted during the 2002/2003 school year,

and we have plans in place for another fiveduring the fall term of 2003. Our goal is tohave at least one speaker visit every geologydepartment in the country, every year.

2. Participationin University Conferences

University Outreach takes an active role eachyear in the Western Inter-UniversityGeological Conference and the AtlanticUniversities Geological Conference, bysupplying financial sponsorship, and presentingawards for best student presentations. Wealso give technical talks, judge studentpresentations, and set up a CSPG booth topromote active discussion with the students.In 2002, the CSPG sponsored a short courseat the WIUGC.

The Outreach Committee is also supportingthe efforts of graduate students at Ontariouniversities to launch an annual conference.

3. PromotingStudent Membership

The traditional student membershipstructure was not promoting active andwidespread student participation, so we havecreated a new Student Chapter structure.Student geology clubs at each university willbecome affiliates of the Society, and geologyclub members will automatically becomeCSPG Student Chapter members. StudentChapters will give us a vehicle to promoteCSPG activities and awards directly to thestudents, and to make them aware of theCSPG and the petroleum industry while theyare still in school.

The Executive and ETF boards have given usthe green light to put the Student Chaptersinto place this fall.

4. Corporate Participation

University Outreach will provide a connectionbetween industry and earth sciencedepartments. We will facilitate the donation ofeducational materials to the schools; to date,donations of core from two corporatesponsors have been arranged. We also want

to sponsor research links, connecting industryprojects with university researchers.

There are a number of other initiatives thathave been linked to the University OutreachCommittee, all under the supervision of theEducational Trust Fund. These programs are runby independent committees, but are listed hereto provide a complete overview of the CSPG’sinvolvement with the university community.

• Student-Industry Field Trip (SIFT)A third-year student from each earthscience department is invited to attend atwo-week industry training session inCalgary, which includes lectures,competitions, and field trips.

• Regional Graduate / UndergraduateScholarshipsAwarded annually to promote advancededucation and research in fields of geologyhaving application to the petroleumindustry. Three graduate and threeundergraduate awards are made each year.

• Undergraduate Student AwardsAwarded annually to one undergraduatestudent in each Canadian university earthscience department

• Graduate Student Thesis AwardsTwo prizes (Ph.D. and M.Sc.) awardedannually for Canadian graduate thesesmaking the most significant contribution tosedimentary and/or petroleum geology

For more information on University Outreach,please see the CSPG website, or contact:

Brad Hayes(Petrel Robertson Consulting) – Chair

Selena Billesberger(Murphy) – Speaker Tours

Kris Jewett(Encana) – Student Chapters

Jennifer Unterschutz(Imperial) – University Conferences

George Ardies(Encana) – Corporate Participation

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CSPG VOLUNTEERCOORDINATOR

If you are looking for avolunteer opportunity

within the CSPG, Blythe will be happy to help youfind your volunteer niche.

She can also provide informationabout any of the Society’s numerous

committees if you require it.

Blythe will also assist with findingreplacements for current committee

volunteers who need a changeand help them to find differentvolunteer opportunities in the

Society, if desired.

Blythe Lowe can be reachedin Calgary at 403-290-3516.

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2003 HONORARY ADDRESS:EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS: WHEN THE EARTH MOVES

aOctober 29th, 2003

The CSPG Educational Trust Fund,CSEG, and APEGGA are excited topresent ‘Earthquakes and Tsunamis:When the Earth Moves’ as the 2003Honorary Address.

This year we have two very excitingspeakers; Dr. Eddie Bernard, Ph.D, isthe Director of the Pacific MarineEnvironmental Laboratory of the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) in Seattle. Among manyaccolades, he is a noted oceanographer andan expert on tsunamis. Dr. GarryRogers, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist atthe Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)and is a renowned lecturer and expert onearthquakes in western Canada. Together,they will present the fascinating tsunamiphenomenon – everything from the

earthquakes that trigger them, to thedestruction that they cause.

The main Address will be given Wednesday,October 29th at the Jubilee Auditorium.Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster(777-0000 or www.ticketmaster.ca) as ofAugust 15th. Be sure to look for theposter insert in your October Reservoirfor additional information and in the nearfuture, visit either www.cspg.org orwww.cseg.ca for details.

In addition to the evening presentation, theCSEG, CSPG, and APEGGA, together withnumerous corporate sponsors, are puttingon an afternoon performance for 2,000-3,000 school children. Students from bothPublic and Catholic schools will be invitedto attend the afternoon show at no cost tothem. At a time when education budgetsare being cut and field trips are at a

minimum, the corporate world is able to

contribute to the responsibility of extra-

curricular education and we are glad to be

able to share Dr. Bernard’s and Dr. Rogers’

knowledge with students.

For more information on this year’s

Honorary Address ‘Earthquakes andTsunamis: When the Earth Moves’,please contact the following people:

For general information, contact either Brett

Wrathall ([email protected]) or

Laraine Kish ([email protected]). For

sponsorship opportunities, contact Kim

MacLean ([email protected], 264-5610

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Announcing a New CSPG Initiative A 3-day Seminar and Core Conference

January 13-15, 2004

HONORARY CHAIR: Eric MountjoyTECHNICAL CHAIRS: Graham Davies and Jeff Packard

In Alberta and British Columbia alone, between 90 and 95% (62 TCF) of initial establishedreserves (IER) of gas and between 75 and 80% (7.2 BBbls) IER of crude oil trapped in carbonatereservoirs are in dolomite (Dec. 1997 data, GRD calc.) Globally, dolomite (or dolostone)reservoirs are major contributors to world petroleum reserves. Dolomite also is host for nearlyhalf of the world’s lead and zinc in Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) deposits, and for othereconomic minerals. Because of this economic impact, dolomites (rock and mineral) have beenthe subject of a huge amount of research beginning more than 200 years ago when the mineralwas first described (1791) by the French geologist Deodat de Dolomieu… but still they remainan enigma! There probably are more questions, uncertainties, and unknowns about dolomitesthan most sedimentary rocks.Where lies the ‘truth’, what ‘models’ should we adopt, follow ordiscard, what is ‘new’, and where are we going in understanding this ‘holey’ rock?

The objectives of this combined one-day seminar and two-day core conference are to review thespectrum of dolomite types, hear current views by internationally recognized researchers, and tolook ‘hands on’ at a wide range of western Canadian core examples. It is hoped that the end productwill be a clearer view of the origin of dolomite and it’s contribution to reservoir development.

THE ONE-DAY SEMINARInvited speakers for the seminar are:

Lawrence Hardie,The Johns Hopkins University (keynote*)Dave Morrow, Geological Survey of Canada

Taury Smith, New York State Reservoir GroupFiona Whittaker, University of Bristol

Noel James and Kurtis Keyser, Queen’s UniversityJack Wendte, Geological Survey of Canada

*2002/3 Pettijohn Medallist

THE CORE CONFERENCEIt is anticipated that there will be 25 core/sample/poster presentations of dolomite casehistories, ranging from the Cambrian Cathedral Fm. to the Triassic Baldonnel Fm. Cores fromthe Ordovician (Red River) and Silurian (Interlake) will be on display and the Devonian andMississippian will be thoroughly represented.The organizers have attempted to solicit examplesthat encompass the spectrum of dolomitization models.All presentations will remain availablefor viewing for the two days of the conference.

DOCUMENTATIONCD with seminar abstracts and illustrated extended abstracts of core presentations.

LOCATION AND DATESSeminar: January 13, 2004, downtown Calgary, location TBACore Conference: January 14 – 15, 2004,AEUB Core Research Centre

REGISTRATIONOnline only, available December 1st, 2003, for both Seminar and Core Conference, or eitherevent: Cap 250 registrants. Fees:TBA

For more information visit www.cspg.org

DOLOMITES: THE SPECTRUM– MECHANISMS, MODELS, RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT

Milk RiverMedicine Hat

Second White SpecksThis is a one-day workshop on the geology and reservoir characteristics of these shallow, low-permeability, gas-bearing formations in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. This popular and well-reviewed course has been updated to include recent developments in shallow gas exploration.

Topics include: Stratigraphy, facies, structure, lithological properties and log characteristics of each formation.Shallow gas production issues, including reserve estimation.Descriptions of all existing play trends.

32 cores from Alberta and Saskatchewan will be shown. There is a 250 page book of course notes containing many unpublished maps and sections

Date and location: October 17th, 2003 at the EUB core facility, Calgary. Course Fee: $650

Contact: Shaun O'Connell, Belfield Resources Inc.ph: 403-246-5069; email: [email protected]

Duvernay Oil Corporation Corporate

Catharine A. Babiuk Associate

Amanda J.Wealleans Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. Associate

Mohamed Al-Barkuli Regular

Peter W. Baillie TAS-Nopel Geophysical Company Regular

Calvin L. Church Cabra Consulting Regular

Michael A. Clarke Tucker Wireline Services Canada Inc. Regular

Andrea Currie Devon Canada Corporation Regular

Neil M. Dawson Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. Regular

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Dawn C. Hodgins ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. Regular

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Aaron R. LeBlanc Devon Canada Corporation Regular

Randy E. Maksymowich Virtus Energy Ltd. Regular

Dean J. Malhiot Malhiot Geoservices Ltd. Regular

Les D. McMillan Regular

AbiodunOmotola Ogunjobi Degeconek Nigeria Limited Regular

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R. Scott Parker ExxonMobil Production Co. Regular

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J. Cameron Schmidt Encana Corporation Regular

Brian W.Tsang EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. Regular

Patrick J.Twa Chinook Consulting 2003 Ltd. Regular

Esther C.Visser Deer Creek Energy Ltd. Regular

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Kristian Whitehead University Of Victoria Student

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1831 after an expedition lasting 74 days (Ibid.,pp. 110 -112).

Chief Factor Edward Smith,who was in chargeof the Mackenzie District and headquarteredat Fort Simpson,was obviously impressed withMcLeod’s journey into the remote region ofthe upper Liard River and especially with itspotential for increasing profits from furtrafficking. Accordingly, Edward, afterconsulting with Governor Simpson, was givenpermission in 1832 to close the unprofitableFort Halkett, located on the upper reaches ofthe Fort Nelson River (East branch of Liard).In its place a new Fort Halkett wasconstructed the same year, at a location on thenorth bank of the upper Liard where itreceives the discharge from the Smith River.

Richard McConnell’s arrival at Fort Simpsonoccurred 56 years and one month to the dayafter John McLeod had arrived at the samepost following his exploration of the upperLiard River. Both men and their parties hadendured the travails resulting, primarily, fromthe necessity of having to cross an abnormal

number of portages, which condition hadbeen exacerbated by the summer’s swollenriver. Coincidentally, both had to improviseunconventional craft to extricate themselvesand their crews from their threateningpredicaments; McConnell with his canvasboat and McLeod with his stopgap canoe.The leadership qualities endowed in bothexplorers, combined with the dexterities oftheir respective boatmen and their nativehunters and guides comprised the amalgam,without which neither McLeod’s norMcConnell’s accomplishments may havecome to fruition.

Within several days after his arrival at FortSimpson, McConnell took passage on theHudson’s Bay Company’s steamer “Wrigley”,which was bound for Fort Smith situated onthe Slave River. She had been constructedthere in 1885 below the 16 mile portage. Thislocation enabled her to be the first steam-powered vessel to access the lower SlaveRiver, Great Slave Lake, and the MackenzieRiver (Innis,Harold A.,RP 1973,The Fur Tradein Canada, Univ. of Toronto Press, p. 345). She,

subsequently, made annual journeys down theMackenzie to Fort McPherson by way of PeelRiver. Her christening was in honour ofJoseph Wrigley, a former Trade Commissionerfor the Hudson’s Bay Company.

With some six weeks remaining of his fieldseason, Richard McConnell elected to obtainwinter lodgings in the region rather thanreturn to Ottawa. It would afford him theopportunity of conducting overland surveysduring the winter months. Following his arrivalin the “Wrigley” at Fort Providence, he madean overture to a Mr. Reid, the Hudson’s BayCompany’s officer in charge, if he could bequartered there for the forthcoming winter.After receiving confirmation from J.S. Camsell,the chief factor for the MacKenzie District, aswell as permission from Survey Director AlfredSelwyn, his accommodation was assured. As anaside, Charles Camsell, a noteworthy geologistwith the Geological Survey of Canada duringthe period 1904 - 1920 and who was born atFort Liard in 1876, was the son of J.S. Camsell.


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