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controlled by topography of the pre-Cretaceous unconformity. The Red Earth
Highlands separate the Bluesky-Gething into northeast and southwest accumulations and includes part of the Seal Lake area. In the Peace River oil sands areas, the Bluesky-Gething is overlain by the marine shales of the Wilrich Member.
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The oil sands of the
Bluesky-Gething were deposited during the Cretaceous Period within a transgressive system, with the lower fluvial to nonmarine Gething Formation at the base and the estuarine Bluesky Formation at the top. Deposition of the Bluesky-Gething reservoir and nonreservoir units was
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grains. Many of the
Bluesky sandstones do not display bedding features although some low and moderate-angle large scale cross-bedding has been observed in some sections. The sediments were deposited in both marginally marine nearshore and fully marine offshore settings following a
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Bluesky Formation can be very porous and produces hydrocarbons in many areas across Western Canada. Heavy oil is produced from the Bluesky formation in the
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of the ancient
Moosebar Sea. Bluesky sediments are separated from Gething strata by a scoured or loaded contact and occasionally by a burrowed
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The
Bluesky Formation reaches a thickness of 46 meters (151 ft) in the
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598:"Report of Recommendations onOdours and Emissions in the Peace River Area"
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area, and thins out toward north and west. Thin sands can be found in the
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Cretaceous Mannville Group of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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Although some early workers included the Bluesky Formation in the
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Sequences, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology: Surface and Subsurface
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539:. CSPG Memoirs. Vol. 15. pp. 401–415.
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470:Lexicon of Canadian Geological Units.
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307:Lithology and Depositional Environment
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398:limestone. It is equivalent with the
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374:. It is conformably overlain by the
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1254:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
323:which can be quartzose or contain
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1259:Canadian geologic formation stubs
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382:and conformably underlain by the
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653:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
290:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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1249:Sandstone formations of Canada
1239:Geologic formations of Alberta
1181:This article about a specific
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362:Relationship with other units
311:The formation is composed of
296:, and was first described in
157:up to 46 metres (150 ft)
1192:. You can help Knowledge by
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709:Northwestern Alberta Plains
497:Geological Survey of Canada
386:. Northeast of the town of
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499:, Paper No. 52-11, 12 p.
722:North-central foothills
669:Oil sands and heavy oil
531:Oppelt, Harold (1988).
422:in the eastern part of
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414:, as well as with the
380:Spirit River Formation
267:Peter C. Badgley, 1952
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400:Glauconitic Sandstone
693:Depositional regions
518:Geoscience BC Report
420:Clearwater Formation
206:56.0442°N 118.1274°W
118:Geological formation
1051:Beaverhill Lake GRP
679:Natural gas liquids
661:Hydrocarbon history
472:"Bluesky Formation"
372:Fort St. John Group
201: /
128:Fort St. John Group
25:Stratigraphic range
1244:Cretaceous Alberta
901:Schooler Creek GRP
211:56.0442; -118.1274
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390:it was deposited
384:Gething Formation
275:Bluesky Formation
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148:Gething Formation
108:Bluesky Sandstone
19:Bluesky Formation
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889:Poker Chip Shale
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714:Canadian Rockies
700:Southern Alberta
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283:Lower Cretaceous
258:Bluesky, Alberta
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911:Charlie Lake FM
845:Spirit River FM
813:Pouce Coupe MBR
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1148:Granite Wash
1138:Ernestina FM
1133:Cold Lake FM
1128:Chinchaga FM
1118:Keg River FM
1083:Gillwood MBR
1056:Waterways FM
1019:Woodbend GRP
938:Stoddart GRP
906:Baldonnel FM
856:
852:Bullhead GRP
746:Saskatchewan
609:, retrieved
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346:Distribution
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249:Type section
1123:Rainbow MBR
1113:Black Shale
1039:Duvernay FM
1007:Redknife FM
894:Nordegg MBR
825:Dunvegan FM
808:Kaskapau FM
793:Badheart FM
773:Scollard FM
768:Paskapoo FM
731:Fort Nelson
726:Liard River
684:Natural gas
611:23 December
436:Peace River
388:Peace River
356:Peace River
352:Pouce Coupe
340:Peace River
209: /
196:118°07′39″W
183:Coordinates
1233:Categories
1024:Irteton FM
992:Wabamun FM
975:Pekisko FM
960:Rundle GRP
928:Montney FM
916:Halfway FM
879:Fernie GRP
867:Cadomin FM
862:Gething FM
857:Bluesky FM
803:Cardium FM
798:Muskiki FM
778:Wapiti GRP
583:2013-08-01
482:2009-02-06
454:References
321:sandstones
215: (
193:56°02′39″N
1186:formation
1103:Muskeg FM
1002:Kakisa FM
987:Exshaw FM
970:Shunda FM
965:Debolt FM
953:Golata FM
933:Belloy FM
783:Smoky GRP
716:foothills
313:mudstones
254:Named for
171:Sandstone
162:Lithology
154:Thickness
134:Underlies
1108:Zama MBR
1034:Leduc FM
982:Banff FM
752:Manitoba
750:Western
446:—
281:unit of
264:Named by
233:Western
177:Location
144:Overlies
923:Doig FM
418:of the
408:central
402:of the
378:of the
298:Shell's
294:Bluesky
288:in the
241:Country
235:Alberta
167:Primary
124:Unit of
358:area.
342:area.
244:Canada
230:Region
32:Albian
30:Lower
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