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TitleCarbon-14 dating of groundwater from selected wells in quaternary and quaternary-tertiary sediments Athabasca oil sands (in situ) area, Alberta
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsLemay, T. G.
Pagination15 pages
Date Published12/2002
PublisherAlberta Energy and Utilities Board Alberta Geological Survey
Place PublishedEdmonton, AB
Publication Languageeng
Keywordsanalytical methodology, chemistry, ERCB, field trials, groundwater, hydrogeology, in-situ
Abstract

The Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) collected samples of groundwater for �4C-age dating at three sites within the Athabasca Oil Sands (in situ) Area of Alberta. Each site has a nest of piezometers completed at various depths in Quaternary or Quaternary-Tertiary aquifers. Not all of the piezometers at each site were sampled for �4C-age dating, however. The three Quaternary intertill/intratill aquifer water samples at the first site possess ages of 1558 � 91 radiocarbon years at 41 m depth, 2402 � 110 radiocarbon years at 76m depth and 2532 � 58 radiocarbon years at 120 m depth. A basal Quaternary aquifer at a second site has a calculated age of 30 880-� 257 radiocarbon years at a depth of 158 m below ground. A groundwater sample from a Quaternary-Tertiary buried channel aquifer water sample at a third site has a calculated age of 11 186-� 79 radiocarbon years at 230 m depth.

Notes

EUB/AGS Geo-Note 2002-03.

URLhttp://ags.aer.ca/document/GEO/GEO_2002_03.PDF
Locational Keywords

Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR)

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