Postcards from
the Edge: The
Hein, Frances J.1, Darrell K.
Cotterill2, Mike Berhane3 (1) Alberta Energy and
Utilities Board, Calgary, AB (2) Parallax Resources Ltd, Spruce Grove, AB (3)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, Edmonton, AB
The
Individual facies
percentages per core for karst breccia,
slide/slump and debris-flow deposits, and overbank sediments
of deltaic complexes are much more prevalent at Firebag-Sunrise
compared to Lewis and to the
Paleogeographic evolution of the Lewis
and Firebag-Sunrise areas includes: 1) pre-McMurray
erosion and Lower McMurray fluvial lowstand; 2) Upper
McMurray fluvio- transgression; 3) Upper McMurray A1
and A2 high-stand transgression; 4) Wabiskaw D
maximum flooding of the main Wabiskaw-McMurray
transgression; and 5) Wabiskaw C successions, formed
during waning transgressive and initial regressive
pulses. Detailed project analysis within the regional geological study
identifies new prospective oil-sand deposits in eastern-sourced fluvial-deltaic
complexes. Integration of the present project work with more regional
geological studies of the
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