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The WCSB is s good example of what kind of boundary with what kind of well developed basin?

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Convergent Boundary

with well developed retroarc basin

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How are retroarc foreland basins formed?

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due to mechanical subsidence of a plate and sediment loading on the overriding plate. The WCSB was formed VIA this process

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Foreland Basins - what causes subsidence? And the rate of subsidence is greatest where?

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Crustal loading of thrust sheets. Greatest adjacent to thrust loading

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Foreland Basins - what causes subsidence? And the rate of subsidence is greatest where?

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Crustal loading of thrust sheets. Greatest adjacent to thrust loading

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what is the sequence of important events in geological history?

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precambrian era
paleozoic era
mesozoic era
cenozoic era

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mnemonic help for the geological time scale;

Come over some day, maybe play poker. Three jacks can take queens.

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(Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian,
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

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Mnemonic Help for the Geologic Time Scale;

Persistent Early Oiling Might Prevent Painful Rheumatism.

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Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent

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Waterton: time

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Precambrian

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The longest unit of time on

the Geologic Time Scale is…

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Precambrian, 4 billion

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Precambrian Eon is divided

into two sub-Eons, what are they?

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Archean & Proterozoic

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What Happened During Eoarchean?

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Eoarchean: earliest part of Archean (4.6 bya – 3.6 bya)
Earth was a hot, rapidly rotating, barren, and waterless
planet bombarded constantly by meteorites and comets.
Volcanism was widespread.

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Continental Accretion is…

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Building of the continents

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Continental Foundations are…

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Shields, Platforms, and Cratons

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Precambrian Supercontinent is called

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Rodinia, assembled 1.3 to 1.0 bya

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Wilson cycles explains….

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 Opening and closing of an
ocean basin
 Development of a passive
continental margin
 Deposition of siliclastic and
carbonate sediments
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Describe the geologic evolution of Alberta

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Phase 1. Deposition via exposed Precambrian Shield
Phase 2.- Tectonic uplift, loading & deposition
- deposition from sediments of Rocky Mountains & the shield
- Compression from the west caused the above deposition

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Present structural domains in the Canadian Cordilliera to Plains

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Main Ranges- Front Ranges- Foot hills- Plains

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What rock types are present in the exposed Precambrian Sedimentary rocks in western United States and Canada

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sst & Shale, some dolostone, and stromatolite bearing carbonates; which are indicative of fluvial and shallow marine environments

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Proterozoic Rocks are comprised of…

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Sandstone-carbonate-shale assemblages; which are deposited on passive continental margins and in intracratonic basins

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Pecambrian Purcell supergroup is found in….

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SW Alberta

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Why are HC occurrences rare in the precambrian rocks?

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due to metamorphism & lack of permeability in most crystalline rocks

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The upper precambrian surface is considered as the…?

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Lower limit of HC drilling

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The upper precambrian surface is considered as the…?

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Lower limit of HC drilling

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Most continents consist of two major components, what are they?

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1) relatively stable craton (over which epeiric seas transgressed and regressed)
2) surrounded by mobile belts in which mountain building took place

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What is a mobile belt?
elongated areas of mountain building primarily created during plate convergence.
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What were the two major continents of the Paleozoic?
Laurentia (north) and Gondwana(south)
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What were the two major continents of the Late Paleozoic
Laurasia (north) and Gondwana (south)
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What happened during the Permian?
A supercontinent was formed , Pangaea
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How many series of cratonic sequences was north america divided into?
six
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What four cratonic sequences occurred in the paleozoic?
1)Sauk, 2)Tippecanoe, 3)Kaskaskia, 4)Absaroka
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what sediments were deposited during the trangressive portions of the Sauk sequence? and when did it happen
Widespread sst, shale and reef deposits | Cambrian - early ordovician
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What deposition took place during the Tippecanoe event? and when was it?
Extensive carbonate deposition | Mid. Ordovician - early devonian
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What basal beds deposited during the Kaskaskia sequence and what time lines ?
(Mid. Devonian - late Mississippian) Sst derived from the eroding Acadian Highlands Evaporites (Williston Basin) Carbonates (Alberta Reef)
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when were black shales deposited over large areas of the craton?
late devonian and early mississippian | examples: Exshaw and Bakken
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The Mississippian period was dominated by what deposition? and what time line did this occur in?
Cabonate . Late Kaskaskia
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What were the deposits during the Absaroka sequence -- pennsylvanian - early Jurassic??
Coal Measures and Cyclothems
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What the is a cyclothem?
Alternating sediments of marine and non-marine deposition
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What did Cratonic uplift in the Pennsylvanian create?
The ancestral Rockies in the US
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What deposits were done during the early absaroka and the late absaroka
Early - evaporates Late - large reefs and more evaporates Example of late.- West Texas
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What three orogenies occurred in the Appalachian belt during the Paleozoic?
1) Taconic 2) Acadian 3) Alleghenian
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The Taconic orogeny was during what time line?
The Sauk time
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The Taconic orogeny was what kind of boundary was it?
A divergent boundary
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The final stage of the Taconic orogeny was marked by what?
A thick sand package which thins away from the taco mountains
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The Acadian Orogeny occurred along what boundary?
A convergent oceanic.- continental boundary and marks a continent - continent collision
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The Alleghenian orogeny had two large land masses collide during its time, what were they
Laurasia and Gondwana and this was the beginning of the formation of the supercontinent pangaea
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The Alleghenian orogeny had two large land masses collide during its time, what were they
Laurasia and Gondwana and this was the beginning of the formation of the supercontinent pangaea
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Cordillera mobile belt had what orogeny happen during its time?
The antler orogeny
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What kind of deposit was formed during the subduction of antler orogeny?
A thick deep water deposit
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Ouachita Mobile Belt is what of how many belts?
3 of 3
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What mineral resources are contained in the Paleozoic age rocks>
``` Limestone Silica sand Evaporates Petroleum coal ```
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What geological time periods contain no commercial hydrocarbons in Alberta ?
Precambrian eon and the following periods of the Paleozoic era: Cambrian , Ordovician and Silurian
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What geological time periods contain good quality commercial hydrocarbon in Alberta ?
The Devonian , Mississippian and Permian which took place within the Paleozoic era
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What geological time periods contain good quality commercial hydrocarbon in Alberta ?
The Devonian , Mississippian and Permian which took place within the Paleozoic era
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The granite wash pool was formed in what period?
The Devonian
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The granite wash pool was formed in what period?
The Devonian
56
When did John go to sama?
When he was 18
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When was the keg river formation formed?
Devonian and its a reef
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Details on the Devonian elk point group? What % WCSB reserves are here? What's the total amount of reserves here?
Oil - 12% of WCSB Gas - 4% of WCSB Oil - 339x106 Gas - 142x109
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The beaverhill lake group and the swan hill formation took place in what period and comprised of what lithology
Upper Devonian and they are Made of carbonate reef and contain oil and gas
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The beaverhill lake group and the swan hill formation took place in what period and comprised of what lithology
Upper Devonian / woodbine Leduc group and they are Made of carbonate reef and contain oil and gas
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The turner valley formation is associated with what Devonian group?
Mississippian rundle group
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At the end of what era was the supercontinent pangea formed?
paleozoic

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