Reference surface and subsurface sections of the Besa River Formation, Liard Basin, British Columbia / P. Kabanov, B.C. Richards, Hyun Suk Lee, P. Thapa, H.M. King, and A. Mort.: M183-2/8468E-PDF

"The Middle Devonian to Upper Mississippian Besa River Formation (currently being elevated to a group by other authors) is a thick (300-1000 m) gas-prone succession of organic-rich basinal shales, bedded chert, and fine-grained limestone widely preserved in the Liard Basin of British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories. The Besa River contains a major frontier shale-gas prospect in the Famennian to lower Tournaisian Exshaw Member and underlying informal Patry unit. The internal stratigraphic framework of the Besa River is poorly known and warrants intensive study because of its substantial economic significance. This report provides illustrated descriptions, lithologs, and spectral gamma surveys of one outcrop and three cored sections of the Besa River in the Liard Basin of B.C. and in the adjacent western part of the Horn River Basin. This study is part of the joint activity of Geological Survey of Canada, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), and Filippo Ferri of B.C. Ministry of Natural Gas Development"--Abstract, page 1.

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Department/Agency Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
Title Reference surface and subsurface sections of the Besa River Formation, Liard Basin, British Columbia / P. Kabanov, B.C. Richards, Hyun Suk Lee, P. Thapa, H.M. King, and A. Mort.
Series title Open file ; 8468
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) This record only includes the Open File report in PDF; the complete data set with all the files in various formats is available for free download at http://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58).
Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Geological Survey of Canada, 2019.
©2019
Author / Contributor Kabanov, P., author.
Description 1 online resource (58 pages) : colour illustrations, maps (some colour).
Catalogue number
  • M183-2/8468E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 314567
Subject terms Geology, Stratigraphic -- Devonian.
Formations (Geology) -- British Columbia.
Lithofacies -- British Columbia.
Stratigraphie -- Dévonien.
Formations (Géologie) -- Colombie-Britannique.
Lithofaciès -- Colombie-Britannique.
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