New Understanding of the Petroleum Systems of Continental Margins of the World

Thermal History Analysis of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada
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Published:December 01, 2012
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Dale Issler, Julito Reyes, Zhuoheng Chen, Kezhen Hu, Eric Negulic, Alexander Grist, Lavern Stasiuk, Fari Goodarzi, 2012. "Thermal History Analysis of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada", New Understanding of the Petroleum Systems of Continental Margins of the World, Norman C. Rosen, Paul Weimer, Sylvia Maria Coutes dos Anjos, Sverre Henrickson, Edmundo Marques, Mike Mayall, Richard Fillon, Tony D’Agostino, Art Saller, Kurt Campion, Tim Huang, Rick Sarg, Fred Schroeder
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Abstract
An integrated thermal history study of the Beaufort-Mackenzie basin of northern Canada is underway using multiparameter data gathered as part of a twelve year petroleum systems research project. New and legacy percent vitrinite reflectance (%Ro) data for approximately 81 wells have been compiled and standardized in order to make maps and cross sections showing thermal maturity trends and to provide paleotemperature constraints for thermal models. Data were quality-assessed by comparing measured %Ro values with other temperature-sensitive indicators (Rock-Eval pyrograms, liptinite fluorescence, and degree of apatite fission track (AFT) thermal annealing) and inconsistent legacy %Ro data were reinterpreted in conjunction...
- alginite
- apatite
- Arctic Ocean
- Arctic region
- Beaufort Sea
- Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin
- boreholes
- Canada
- carbonate rocks
- Cenozoic
- clastic rocks
- compaction
- cores
- Cretaceous
- cutinite
- cuttings
- deltaic environment
- erosion
- exhumation
- exinite
- experimental studies
- faults
- fission tracks
- fluorescence
- folds
- heat flow
- laboratory studies
- macerals
- Mesozoic
- Monte Carlo analysis
- Northwest Territories
- organic compounds
- phosphates
- rift zones
- Rock-Eval
- sedimentary rocks
- shale
- siliciclastics
- sporinite
- statistical analysis
- Tertiary
- thermal history
- thermal maturity
- Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
- Upper Cretaceous
- vitrinite reflectance
- Western Canada
- suberinite
- Anderson Plain