Hydraulic, water quality, and isotopic characterization of Late Cretaceous-Tertiary Ardley coal waters in a key test-well, Pembina-Warburg exploration area, Alberta, Canada

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-260

  Harrison, S M ^a   Gentzis, Thomas ^b   Payne, M ^b  

^a CDX Canada Co ^*  (Canada)

^b CDX Canada Co   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WELL COMPLETION;

DEPRESSURIZATION; FORMATION WATERS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

COAL SEAM; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMEABILITY; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY;

ALBERTA; ALBERTA BASIN; CANADA; EDMONTON; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845913515     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.54.3.238     Document Type: Article

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