Evolution of a stratigraphic model in a fluvial deltaic wedge: implications for groundwater resource protection in an oil and gas-bearing region in the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Glas, Nathan H., Bhattacharya, Janok P., Steelman, Colby M., Munn, Jonathan D., Pierce, Amanda A., Parker, Beth L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Canada; Liard; Dunvegan
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0045; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2022-0045; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2022-0045

The Liard Basin, in northwestern Canada, contains one of Canada’s largest natural gas reserves. There are concerns about degradation of Dunvegan Formation groundwater quality, which is the basin's main shallow freshwater aquifer, as a consequence of oil and gas development. Previous lithostrati...