This multi-year, multi-disciplinary study aims to build the understanding of how unintentional gas leaks from natural gas development (‘fugitive emissions’) can move into shallow aquifers and what happens when this occurs. The findings will guide policy and industry practice as well as informing affected communities.
This project evaluates four favourable areas for potential geothermal development in northeastern British Columbia: Horn River, Clarke Lake, Prophet River and Jedney.
This project collected and shared water data in the Horn River Basin and South Peace region to improve industry practices and to provide the information required to make informed decisions about water and natural gas extraction.
The Curie Point Depth Mapping Pilot Study was over a small area of northwestern British Columbia. The project used used regional-scale magnetic survey data to map the depth in the Earth’s crust where magnetization disappears. When used in combination with other data (e.g. heat flow) it can be used as a regional-scale geothermal prospecting tool.
Developing and testing drone-mounted laser sensors to measure greenhouse gas emissions | Locating and measuring emissions at greenhouse gas emitting sites. GHGMap uses novel sensors, developed by NASA/JPL, on drones to improve the speed, accuracy, safety and cost of measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
A new water-based process is being developed for washing metallurgical coal samples from BC coal mines prior to coal and coke quality testing. For information on Phase 2 of this project, visit https://www.geosciencebc.com/projects/2017-013/ Testing the Roben Jig Process – by Geoscience BC Copyright held by Geoscience BC. Please credit Geoscience BC when using this movie.
This project aimed to answer the question: Does topsoil stored in piles for the purposes of future mine site reclamation remain viable over the life of a mine (10-20 years)? It addressed this knowledge gap by exploring the compositional nature of topsoil in stockpiles and their ability to facilitate post-mining revegetation after long term storage. […]
This study addressed three research questions based on the foundation of using DNA barcoding of arthropods (e.g. insects, spiders) as a new tool for assessing reclamation success at mine sites. First, this study evaluated if differences in arthropod assemblage and biodiversity are visible between sites with different reclamation ages or soil amendments (e.g. using biosolids […]
The Search Phase II survey covered 24,000 km2 area of Northwest and North Central British Columbia north and south of Houston, Burns Lake and Smithers. Both magnetic and radiometric data were collected for this survey.