Effects of erosion on pore pressure and groundwater flow in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Fluid pressures too low to be in equilibrium with the topography of the land surface occur in Cretaceous sediments over much of the western Canada sedimentary basin. I used a numerical model to study the origin of the low pressure in southern Alberta and its effects on patterns of regional groundwater flow over the past 5 m.y. The model accounts for changes in basin topography, conduction and advection of heat, cooling of the pore fluid, and rebound of pore volume during erosion.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Corbet, Thomas F., Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bethke, Craig M.

• Geology
• Hydrology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Corbet, Thomas F., Jr

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9136578
AAI9136578

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23040