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Geological period | Formation | Rock type | Average depth (m) | Average thickness (m) | Average horizontal permeability (mD) | Average vertical permeability (mD) | Average porosity, fraction | Average compressibility (1/kPa) | Average heat capacity, J/m3 °C | Average thermal conductivity, J/m day °C |
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Cretaceous | Bearpaw | Sandstone | 303 | 361.5 | 39.12 | 7.66 | 0.2100 | 4.03 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Belly River | Sandstone | 361.5 | 245.6 | 452.96 | 232.31 | 0.2961 | 4.83 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Lea Park | Sandstone | 607.1 | 135.7 | 587.23 | 397.96 | 0.2377 | 4.27 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Colorado | Sandstone | 742.8 | 221 | 1998.0 | 21.30 | 0.1998 | 3.92 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Second White Specks | Shale | 963.8 | 99.0 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 0.0903 | 2.96 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 1.81 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Belle Fourche | Shale | 1062.8 | 38.1 | 129.05 | 53.09 | 0.1251 | 3.30 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 1.81 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Viking | Sandstone | 1100.9 | 201.2 | 28.77 | 9.55 | 0.1612 | 3.72 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cretaceous | Ostracod | Sandstone | 1302.1 | 65.5 | 1.88 | 0.50 | 0.1052 | 3.02 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Devonian | Wabamun | Dolomites | 1367.6 | 179.9 | 11.45 | 6.13 | 0.0713 | 2.59 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 4.06 × 105 |
Devonian | Calmar | Carbonate | 1547.5 | 10.9 | 27.93 | 4.05 | 0.0603 | 2.42 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |
Devonian | Nisku | Sandstone | 1558.4 | 43.6 | 19.17 | 5.07 | 0.0526 | 2.23 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Devonian | Ireton | Carbonate | 1602 | 33.6 | 7.60 | 4.80 | 0.0435 | 1.99 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |
Devonian | Leduc | Carbonate | 1635.6 | 188.9 | 516.44 | 201.49 | 0.0771 | 2.69 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |
Devonian | Cooking Lake | Carbonate | 1824.5 | 133.8 | 314.72 | 367.08 | 0.0818 | 2.74 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |
Devonian | Beaverhill Lake | Carbonate | 1958.3 | 180.5 | 9.58 | 4.36 | 0.0570 | 2.34 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |
Devonian | Slave Point | Siltstone | 2138.8 | 33.2 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.0171 | 3.72 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.33 × 105 |
Devonian | Elk Point | Siltstone | 2172 | 158.2 | 1.13 | 0.2 | 0.0877 | 2.74 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.33 × 105 |
Cambrian | Cambrian | Sandstone | 2330.2 | 47.2 | 1.9 | 0.37 | 0.1484 | 3.63 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cambrian | Deadwood | Sandstone | 2377.4 | 237.2 | 1.2 | 0.21 | 0.0800 | 2.74 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
Cambrian | Eldon | Sandstone | 2614.6 | 123.7 | 1.0 | 0.17 | 0.0531 | 2.23 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.68 × 105 |
 | Pre-Cambrian | Crystal | 2738.3 | 61.7 | 0.88 | 0.15 | 0.0250 | 1.53 × 10–8 | 2.50 × 106 | 2.42 × 105 |