Assessment of sedimentary fabric and natural fracture distribution of the Sulphur Mountain Formation using digital outcrop modeling: an analogue of the Montney Formation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pedersen, Per Kent | |
| dc.contributor.author | Poirier, Simon Seibert Pierre | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Euzen, Tristan | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | MacKay, Paul A. | |
| dc.date | 2020-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-11T21:04:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-11T21:04:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-05-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to better understand certain reservoir properties of the Montney Formation by studying equivalent strata of the Sulphur Mountain Formation. Utilizing unmanned areal vehicle (UAV) based photography and photogrammetry, digital outcrop models were created of these outcrops and form the primary dataset for this work. Using these digital outcrop models the sedimentary fabric and natural fracture distribution of this formation has been assessed. This work has revealed several distinct metre-scale sedimentary fabrics within the Vega and Phroso Siltstone members that can be linked to core-scale sedimentary facies, although very similar core-scale sedimentary facies can have starkly different metre-scale fabrics. Through assessing the natural fracture distribution, it has been observed that sedimentary fabric has a strong control of the height distribution of natural fractures, and that the intensity of natural fractures may vary greatly laterally on different scales and spacings ranging from a few metres to hundreds of metres. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Poirier, S. S. P. (2020). Assessment of sedimentary fabric and natural fracture distribution of the Sulphur Mountain Formation using digital outcrop modeling: an analogue of the Montney Formation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37811 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112024 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Science | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sedimentology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fractures | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Geology | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of sedimentary fabric and natural fracture distribution of the Sulphur Mountain Formation using digital outcrop modeling: an analogue of the Montney Formation | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Geoscience | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
| ucalgary.item.requestcopy | false | en_US |
