Summary of Activities 2015

Summary of Activities 2015Geoscience BC, Report 2016-01

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Foreword (PDF document, 98 KB) Note: Also contains the document title page, publishing information and table of contents
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Minerals Projects
J.J. Angen, J.M. Logan, C.J.R. Hart and R. Kim: TREK Geological Mapping Project, Year 2: Update on Bedrock Geology and Mineralization in the TREK Project Area, Central British Columbia  (PDF document, 3.21 MB)
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F. Bouzari, C.J.R. Hart, T. Bissig and G. Lesage: Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Porphyry-Fertile Plutons: Guichon Creek, Takomkane and Granite Mountain Batholiths, South-Central British Columbia  (PDF document, 1.95 MB)
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T. Höy: Geology of the Kettle River Area, Almond Mountain Project, Southern British Columbia  (PDF document, 10.0 MB)
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W. Jackaman and D.A. Sacco: Reconnaissance Biogeochemical Survey using Spruce Tops in the West Road (Blackwater) River Area, Fraser Plateau, Central British Columbia (PDF document, 3.58 MB)
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B.E. Madu: Search: Geoscience BC's New Minerals Project in West-Central British Columbia (Phases I and II) (PDF document, 1.05 MB)
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Energy Projects
B. Brown, P. Gisselø, and M. Best: SkyTEM Airborne Electromagnetic Systems for Hydrogeological Mapping in Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 2.77 MB)
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R.M. Bustin and A.M.M. Bustin: Potential for Natural-Gas Liquid from Western Canadian Shales: Regional Variation in Thermal Maturity and Gas Composition, Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 2.95 MB)
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E.A Letham and R.M. Bustin: Apparent Permeability Effective Stress Laws: Misleading Predictions Resulting from Gas Slippage, Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 1.05 MB)
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B.J.R. Hayes, V. Levson, J. Carey and Y. Mykula: Interpretation of Quaternary Sediments and Depth to Bedrock, Peace Project Area, Northeastern British Columbia: Project Update (PDF document, 10.1 MB)
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C.J. Hickson, G. Huttrer, T. Kunkel, J. Majorowicz, R. Yehia, J. Lund, K. Raffle, M. Moore, G. Woodsworth, T. Boyd, and L. Hjorth: Investigating the Potential for Direct-Use Geothermal Resources in British Columbia: A New Geoscience BC project (PDF document, 7.58 MB)
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A.Babaie Mahani, H. Kao, D. Walker, J. Johnson and C. Salas: Regional Monitoring of Induced Seismicity in Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 3.34 MB)
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W.L. Quinton, J.R. Adams, J.L. Baltzer, A.A. Berg, J.R. Craig and E. Johnson: Permafrost Ecosystems in Transition: Understanding and Predicting Hydrological and Ecological Change in the Southern Taiga Plains, Northeastern British Columbia and Southwestern Northwest Territories (PDF document, 405 KB)
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Scholarship Recipients
S. Abadzadesahraei, S.J. Déry, and J. Rex: Quantifying the Water Budget for a Northern Boreal Watershed: The Coles Lake Study, Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 1.67 MB)
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M.M. Bodnar and P.A. Winterburn: Integration of Surface Regolith Mapping and Soil Field Measurements with Geochemistry in a Till-Covered Terrain, Lara Volcanogenic Massive-Sulphide Deposit, Southern Vancouver Island (PDF document, 6.37 MB)
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A.E. Gegolick, C.M. Furlong, T.L. Playter, D.T. Prenoslo, M.K. Gingras and J.-P.Zonneveld: Facies Analysis and Ichnology of the Upper Montney Formation in Northeastern British Columbia (PDF document, 2.23 MB)
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J. Granek and E. Haber: Advanced Geoscience Targeting via Focused Machine Learning Applied to the QUEST Project Dataset, British Columbia (PDF document, 3.81 MB)
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N.J. Harrichhausen, C.D. Rowe, W.S. Board, and C.J. Greig: Structure of a High-Grade, Electrum-Bearing Quartz-Carbonate Vein Stockwork at the Brucejack Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 6.44 MB)
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R.S. Kim, C.J.R. Hart, J.J. Angen and J.M. Logan: Stratigraphic and Lithological Constraints of Late Cretaceous Volcanic Rocks in the TREK Project Area, Central British Columbia (PDF document, 2.26 MB)
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S. McGoldrick, A. Zagorevski, D. Canil, A.-S. Corriveau, S. Bichlmaier and S. Carroll: Geology of the Cache Creek Terrane in the Peridotite Peak-- Menatatuline Range Area, Northwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 12.5 MB)
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D.T. Prenoslo, A.E. Gegolick, M.K. Gingras and J.-P. Zonneveld: Preliminary Report: Biogenic Controls on Reservoir Properties in the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, Dawson Creek Area, Northeastern British Columbia and Northwestern Alberta (PDF document, 561 KB)
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S.D. Rich and P.A. Winterburn: Geochemical Mapping of the Deerhorn Copper-Gold Porphyry Deposit and Associated Alteration Through Transported Cover, Central British Columbia (PDF document, 5.24 MB)
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S. Rosset and C.J.R. Hart: Hydrothermal Alteration and Mineralization at the Kerr and Deep Kerr Cu-Au Porphyry Deposits, Northwestern British Columbia (PDF document, 7.06 MB)
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