The Special Issue on Hot Dry Rock Resource Exploration and Enhanced Geothermal Engineering

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianfu XU ◽  
Joseph MOORE ◽  
Zhenjiao JIANG
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Hot Dry Rock ◽  
Resource Exploration

Geology of northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta: diamonds, shallow gas, gravel, and glaciersThis article introduces a selection of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme Geology of northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta: diamonds, shallow gas, gravel, and glaciers.

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vic Levson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Shallow Gas ◽  
Large Aggregate ◽  
Boreal Plains ◽  
Quaternary Stratigraphy ◽  
Kimberlite Indicator Minerals ◽  
Resource Exploration ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
Indicator Minerals

This special issue reports on some of the results of a multi-disciplinary research program conducted in the Boreal Plains of northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia. Several innovative approaches to conducting geoscientific research in this remote drift-covered region are presented, including geochemical analysis of bentonites for evaluating kimberlite potential, the use of electromagnetic surveys for mapping buried aggregate deposits, and paleo-topographic mapping techniques to define buried channels. Results of the program include the discovery of several large aggregate deposits, the first kimberlite indicator minerals in northeast British Columbia, a significant sphalerite dispersal train in northwest Alberta, the first documented report of kimberlite-sourced bentonites, and numerous previously unknown interglacial sites. Together these papers provide a greatly enhanced understanding of the glacial history, Quaternary stratigraphy, and kimberlite geology of northwest Alberta and northeast British Columbia and provide an improved framework for resource exploration in the region.

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