This conversation with Tyler Hauck is about a regional study utilizing stratigraphy to identify halite dissolution within the Devonian, and its effect on the sub-cretaceous unconformity and deposition of the overlaying McMurray Formation. It is based on Tyler Hauck, Jesse Peterson, Ben Hathway, Matthias Grobe, and Kelsey MacCormack’s scientific article titled “New insight from regional-scale mapping and modelling of the Paleozoic succession in northeast Alberta: Paleogeography, evaporite dissolution, and controls on Cretaceous depositional patterns on the sub-cretaceous unconformity."

What is the importance of the halite dissolution scarp and it's updated location?  How does the underlying Devonian Keg River Formation and Prairie Evaporite Formation effect the overlying Cretaceous McMurray Formation deposition?  Which stratigraphic markers are utilized to understanding the Athabasca Basin?

May this exchange serve to expand your geological knowledge on the go.

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Citation: Tyler E. Hauck, Jesse T. Peterson, Ben Hathway, Matthias Grobe, Kelsey MacCormack; New insights from regional-scale mapping and modelling of the Paleozoic succession in northeast Alberta: Paleogeography, evaporite dissolution, and controls on Cretaceous depositional patterns on the sub-Cretaceous unconformity. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology ; 65 (1): 87–114.