Dolomitization of the Lower Ordovician Aguathuna Formation carbonates, Port au Port Peninsula, western Newfoundland, Canada: implications for a hydrocarbon reservoir

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Azmy, Karem, Lavoie, Denis, Knight, Ian, Chi, Guoxiang
• Other Authors: Jin, Jisuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2008
• Subjects: Canada; Dee; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e08-020; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/E08-020; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/E08-020

The Lower Ordovician Aguathuna Formation (∼100 m thick) is formed of shallow-marine carbonates, which constitute the uppermost part of the St. George Group of western Newfoundland. Sedimentation was paused by a major subaerial exposure (St. George Unconformity), which likely developed a significant...