Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_Canada_Sedimentary_Basin

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geological formation
gptkbp:area	1.4 million square kilometers
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Williston_Basin gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Canadian_Shield
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Bow_Island_Arch gptkb:Peace_River_Arch gptkb:Sweetgrass_Arch Laramide Orogeny structures Williston Basin (partly)
gptkbp:containsFormation	gptkb:Carboniferous_System gptkb:Bakken_Formation gptkb:Ordovician_System gptkb:Devonian_System gptkb:Duvernay_Formation gptkb:Silurian_System gptkb:Montney_Formation gptkb:Neogene_System gptkb:Viking_Formation gptkb:Permian_System gptkb:Cambrian_System gptkb:Elk_Point_Group gptkb:Jurassic_System gptkb:Leduc_Formation gptkb:Mississippian_System gptkb:Pennsylvanian_System gptkb:Quaternary_System gptkb:Slave_Point_Formation gptkb:Triassic_System gptkb:Wabamun_Group gptkb:Paleogene_System gptkb:Cretaceous_System gptkb:Cardium_Formation gptkb:Mannville_Group
gptkbp:covers	gptkb:southern_Alberta gptkb:northeastern_British_Columbia gptkb:southern_Saskatchewan gptkb:southwestern_Manitoba
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment	gptkb:marine non-marine
gptkbp:discoveredBy	late 19th century
gptkbp:economicImportance	major source of Canadian oil and gas supports agriculture (via potash) supports mining industry supports petrochemical industry
gptkbp:extendsTo	gptkb:Northwest_Territories
gptkbp:firstMajorOilDiscovery	gptkb:Turner_Valley
gptkbp:firstMajorOilDiscoveryYear	1914
gptkbp:geologicalAge	Cenozoic Mesozoic Paleozoic
gptkbp:hasResource	gptkb:coal gptkb:oil natural gas petroleum potash
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
gptkbp:largestGasField	gptkb:Elmworth_Field
gptkbp:largestOilField	gptkb:Athabasca_Oil_Sands
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Alberta gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Manitoba gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Calgary gptkb:Edmonton gptkb:Regina gptkb:Saskatoon
gptkbp:oilField	gptkb:Athabasca_Oil_Sands gptkb:Cold_Lake_Oil_Sands gptkb:Peace_River_Oil_Sands
gptkbp:significance	natural gas production oil production Canadian energy industry
gptkbp:thickness	up to 6,000 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Manitoba_Escarpment gptkb:Stephen_Formation gptkb:Mannville_Group_(geological_formation)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6