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Fall 2011
In any geological sequestration projects, monitoring and verification are essential components in ensuring storage integrity. Seismic methods are regarded as a feasible way to monitor the subsurface CO2 because of their sensitivity to a rock’s pore space content. Therefore understanding the...
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Spring 2014
Sedimentary rocks are an important research topic since such rocks are associated to sources of ground water as well as oil, gas, and mineral reservoirs. In this work, elastic and physical properties of a variety of sedimentary samples that include glacial sediments, carbonates, shales, one...
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Fall 2014
Seismic velocity dispersion in crystalline rock is investigated through experimental measurements on two natural quartzite specimens. The quartzites are thermally damaged to induce low aspect ratio cracks and the shear and Young’s moduli are measured across a range of effective pressures, from...
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Fall 2015
At radar frequencies, the propagation speeds and attenuations of electromagnetic (EM) waves are controlled by the complex dielectric permittivity. Consequently, the real and imaginary components as well as their variation with frequency are important parameters necessary for properly interpreting...
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Laboratory Rock Strength Measurements of Saturated Carbonates: Implications for the Grosmont Formation
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The Devonian Grosmont formation, located in Alberta, contains vast resources totaling approximately 405 billion barrels of crude bitumen-in-place. The highly viscous bitumen is by definition less than 10° API gravity, remaining immobile at Grosmont formation in-situ temperatures. In the oil and...
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Quantitative states of the in-situ stress of the Canadian Duvernay Formation and deterministic analysis on the regional fault stability
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Maps of the in-situ stress directions and magnitudes at the depth of the Duvernay Formation within the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) Kaybob assessment area (centered on the town of Fox Creek), East Shale basin (centered on the city of Red Deer) and Willesden Green oil field are constructed...
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Seismic Characterization of A Possible Buried Impact Structure near Bow City in Southern Alberta
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Impact cratering has been accepted as a major process that significantly affects the geological and biological histories on earth. In fact, there have been a number of impact craters detected in western Canada since the 1970’s. Following this tradition, a possible buried impact structure near Bow...
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Subsurface Geophysical Characterization of the Crystalline Canadian Shield in Northeastern Alberta: Implications for Geothermal Development
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In northern Alberta, existing heat flow and geothermal gradient studies suggest that using geothermal heat in oil sands processing would require deep drilling of the crystalline Canadian Shield. Using a 2.36 km deep borehole located near Fort McMurray, the goal of this study is to investigate the...
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Wellbore seismic and core sample measurement analysis: integrated geophysical study of the Lake Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana
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Wellbore seismic measurements were recorded in the Lake Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, in 2004. A full range of petrophysical measurements were also performed in the laboratory on core samples from the same boreholes. The Vertical Seismic Profile shows low velocities for both P and S waves in...