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The Devonian of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: enormous yet underused archive of outcrops and exploration wells for fundamental research

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pp. 59-63
Pavel B. Kabanov
Geological Survey of Canada, 303–33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7, Canada
Abstract: 

In its new expanded definition, the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is the vastest intracratonic sedimentary basin in the World. Over 620,000 exploration wells, the majority drilled in Alberta and Saskatchewan, provide enormous archive of cores, geophysical logs, and cutting samples available at provincial and federal oil-and-gas regulator facilities. The Devonian succession is particularly thick and economic. This subsurface archive is supplemented by outcrops of the fringing Cordilleran ranges. This paper highlights recent developments in fundamental research made on the Devonian cores and outcrops, just to emphasize how much more can be done to expand our knowledge on the Earth-surface processes of the middle Paleozoic.

Keywords: 

Devonian; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin; western Laurentia; vast core archives; applied and fundamental research

DOI: 
10.52321/GeolBalc.53.3.59
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Geological Survey of Canada, 303–33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7, Canada

The Devonian of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: enormous yet underused archive of outcrops and exploration wells for fundamental research

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Geological Survey of Canada, 303–33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7, Canada
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Satbayev University, Satbayev 22, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

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Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Province of the Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa
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Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

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