Education Week 2008

Stratigraphic Setting of Lower and Middle Triassic Strata, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

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Instructor: James Dixon
Date: October 31, 2008 (1/2 day AM) (SC0804)
Date: October 31, 2008 (1/2 day PM) (SC0805)
Time: 8:00am to 12:00pm (AM Course) | 1:00pm to 4:30pm (PM Course)
Max. Attendance: 20 Participants

CSPG Member Earlybird Registration Deadline: September 15, 2008
CSPG Member Registration Deadline: October 15, 2008
Course Fee: CSPG Member Earlybird: $350 +GST | CSPG Member: $400 +GST

Location: TBA

Course Description:

The intent of this course is to show that an understanding of the regional and local stratigraphy of the Lower to Middle Triassic Montney, Doig and Halfway formations has considerable influence on exploration and production models.

Lithostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Lower to Middle Triassic Montney, Doig and Halfway formations will be presented and discussed. Detailed correlations and their usefulness in understanding the stratigraphic and sedimentologial setting of the various potential reservoirs are emphasized. Also, an appreciation of the stratigraphy helps to understand the relative timing of various tectonic movements that affected Triassic strata. Previously published stratigraphic and sedimentological analyses will be reviewed and evaluated.

The course will consist of lectures, core examination and some correlation exercises. Course notes containing an extensive bibliography will be provided.

Instructor Bio(s):

James Dixon, PhD
Geological Survey of Canada

Dr. Dixon received his early education in Britain receiving a BSc (hons.) in geology from the University of Reading. He continued his education at the University of Ottawa and earned a PhD working on lower Paleozoic stratigraphy of Prince of Wales and Somerset Islands in the Canadian Arctic. Upon graduating he joined Amoco Canada where he worked for several years and then joined Petro-Canada for a brief time. For most of his career he has been with the Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary office). During his career with the Survey he has studied Permian to Tertiary strata in the Beaufort-Mackenzie area, Cambrian and Cretaceous-Tertiary strata of the NWT, Triassic strata in the subsurface of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, and the Cambrian of Saskatchewan.

His expertise is in regional stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and clastic sedimentology based on many years of surface and subsurface work. Dr. Dixon has authored or co-authored numerous publications on stratigraphy and sedimentology.