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, I. (Ian), Chi, Guoxiang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NRC Research Press 2008
• Subjects: Canada; Dee; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/11723/; https://research.library.mun.ca/11723/1/Azmy_et_al_2008_b_CJES.pdf; https://doi.org/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...