2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 88
Monday, 20 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom A (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

P3. Energy Resource Development and Groundwater: Looking Broader and Deeper I

International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Energy/Petroleum Geology Discipline

 

Grant Ferguson and Andrew H. Manning, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
PERMEABILITY IN THE UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST
INGEBRITSEN, S.E., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and GLEESON, Tom, Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
8:30 AM
GEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON SUBSURFACE MECHANICAL AND HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEAL FAILURE AND INDUCED SEISMICITY
EVANS, James P., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, PETRIE, Elizabeth S., USU Geology, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, PERSON, Mark, Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, BAUER, Stephen, Sandia National Labs, Center for Experimental Geosciences, MS 1033, 1515 Eubank SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123 and MOZLEY, Peter S., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801
8:50 AM
INTERPRETING FLUID PRESSURE ANOMALIES IN SHALLOW ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS
NEUZIL, C.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
9:10 AM
APPLICATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION PROFILING OF NATURAL TRACERS TO DEFINE THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF CRETACEOUS SHALES ACROSS THE WILLISTON BASIN, CANADA
HENDRY, Jim, Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
9:30 AM
SOURCES AND DISTRIBUTION OF SALINITY IN HYDROCARBON-ASSOCIATED FLUIDS IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS
MCINTOSH, Jennifer C., Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, Tucson, AZ 85721
9:50 AM
DETERMINING THE ROLE OF WATER IN HYDROCARBON-RICH CRUSTAL SYSTEMS
BALLENTINE, Chris1, SHERWOOD LOLLAR, Barbara2, LACRAMPE-COULOUME, Georges3, SUTCLIFFE, Chelsea3, HOLLAND, Greg4, ZHOU, Zheng5, FELLOWES, Jon6, WARR, Oliver1, LI, Long7 and SLATER, Gregory F.8, (1)University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geology, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (3)Dept. Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3B1, (4)Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, (5)Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, (6)SEAES, University of Manchester, Manchester, (7)Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, TG6 2E3, (8)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
 
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
CONTROLS ON DEEP GROUNDWATER CIRCULATION SYSTEMS
GRASBY, Stephen E., Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada and FERGUSON, Grant, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
10:50 AM
REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW AND ENERGY RESOURCES: NEW CHALLENGES IN CONTINENTAL SHELVES
WILSON, Alicia, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, Univ of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208
11:10 AM
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND USE
JACKSON, Robert, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Suite 140, Stanford, CA 94305
11:35 AM
GAS RELEASE MECHANISMS FROM ENERGY WELLBORES AND SUBSEQUENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
JACKSON, Richard Ervin, Geofirma Engineering Ltd, 11 Venus Crescent, Heidelberg, ON N0B 2M1, Canada and DUSSEAULT, Maurice, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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