Origin of dolomites in the Boat Harbour Formation, St. George Group, in western Newfoundland, Canada: implications for porosity development

• Published in: Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Azmy, Karem, Knight, I. (Ian), Lavoie, Denis, Chi, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Boat Harbour; Watts Bight; Final Rock; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/11712/; https://research.library.mun.ca/11712/1/Origin.of.dolomites.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2113/gscpgbull.57.1.81

The lower part of the St. George Group of western Newfoundland consists of Tremadocian shallow marine platform carbonates of the Boat Harbour (about 180 m thick) and the underlying Watts Bight (about 60 m thick) formations. In the Boat Harbour Formation, dolomitization is pervasive at the top of mos...