Palynological analyses of the two Labrador Shelf wells, Petro-Canada et al. Corte Real P-85 and Petro-Canada et al. Pothurst P-19, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador / G.L. Williams.: M183-2/8182E-PDF
"Both the Saglek and Hopedale sedimentary basins, located on the offshore Labrador margins, attracted hydrocarbon exploration in the 1970s and early 1980s. Two significant wells were Corte Real P-85 in the Hopedale Basin and Pothurst P-19 in the Saglek Basin. I undertook analyses of the organic-walled microfossils to determine the ages and paleoenvironments of the sediments in these wells. Both wells encountered only Tertiary sediments, with Corte Real P-85 being in the Ypresian at total depth and Pothurst P-19 being in the Lutetian at total depth. Reworking trends occur in both wells, with Carboniferous spores and Cretaceous spores and dinocysts common in Corte Real P-85, and reworked Cretaceous palynomorphs in Pothurst P-19, that presumably were transported from the west and northwest. Significant breaks in the section are the apparent absence of Bartonian and Middle Miocene and the attenuated Priabonian sediments in Pothurst P-19. Neither well discovered oil nor natural gas"--Summary provided by publisher.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. |
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| Title | Palynological analyses of the two Labrador Shelf wells, Petro-Canada et al. Corte Real P-85 and Petro-Canada et al. Pothurst P-19, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador / G.L. Williams. |
| Series title | Geological Survey of Canada, open file ; 8182 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Fig. 6 has been mis-labelled as fig. 2. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-32). |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Natural Resources Canada, 2017. |
| Author / Contributor | Williams, G. L. |
| Description | 50 p. : col. ill., col. map + 6 charts on 6 sheets |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 299653 |
| Subject terms | Natural gas Petroleum Paleontology Stratigraphy |
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