Basin and Reservoir Lab

Publications

2026 Publications

2025 Publications

2024 Publications

2023 Publications

2022 Publications

2021 Publications

2020 Publications

  • Taylor, K., Risk, D., Wach, G., Williams, J., and Sherwood, O. 2020. Occurrence and Origin of Groundwater Methane in the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia. Science of the Total Environment (Submitted)
  • Kelly, T.B., and Wach, G.D. 2020. Analysis of factors influencing the interpretation of a digitally examined fluvial meanderbelt system: Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(4): 524-541. DOI:10.1139/cjes-2018-0263
  • Silva, R.L., Duarte, L. V., Wach, G. D., Morrison, N., and Campbell, T. (2020) Oceanic organic carbon as a possible first-order control on the carbon cycle during the Bathonian–Callovian. Global and Planetary Change 184:103058    DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103058
  • Silva, R.L., Wach, G., Hesselbo, S. P., Ruhl, M., and O’Connor, D. (2020) Early Cretaceous coastal dynamics and expression of the oceanic anoxic event 1b cluster in the Isle of Wight (Wessex Basin, United Kingdom). 63rd Irish Geological Research Meeting, Feb 28-March 1, 2020
  • Silva RL, Wach GD, Hesselbo SP, O’Connor DE. (2020) Total organic carbon and pyrolysis analysis of the Lower Cretaceous in Compton Bay and Atherfield, Isle of Wight (England), Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, volume 131, no. 1, pages 51-59, DOI:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.11.005
  • Wach, G. Geothermal Technology in Canada: Future Pathways. Geothermal Technology in Canada Workshop, Waterloo, Canada.  January 23-24, 2020
  • O’Connor, D., Richards, F. B., Angel, M., and Wach, G. Dynamic Modeling of Buoyant Fluids: Implications for Hydrocarbon Distribution and Potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020
  • Angel, M. Reducing Future Carbon Emissions: A Scoping Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Costs and Funding. KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020
  • Wach, G. Rift and Synrift Sediment Distribution in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins of the Atlantic Canadian Margin- CCUS, CAES and Geothermal Potential. KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020

2019 Publications

  • Ruffell, A.H., Wach, G.D. (In Press) Gamma-ray Log Correlation and Interpretation of Fitton and Casey’s Stratigraphy with Offshore Borehole 99/16-1, Proceedings of Geologists Association
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.07.003
  • Wach, G., and O’Connor, D. 2019. Outcrop analogues for petroleum system characterization of the Central and North Atlantic margins. British Sedimentological Research Group 58th Annual General Meeting, Royal Holloway, University of London. December 13-17, 2019
  • O'Connor, D., Richards, B., Angel, M., and Wach, G. 2019. Dynamic Modeling of Buoyant Fluid Flow in Rollover Anticlines, Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada: Implications for Hydrocarbon Distribution, Potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Future Activity in the Sable Subbasin. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.
  • Angel, M., O’Connor, D., Richards, F.W., and Wach, G. 2019. Cost Scoping Analysis of Future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Sable Subbasin. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.
  • Angel, M. “A Demonstration of Trapping CO2 in the Deep Subsurface” Science Slam Submission, 2nd Place. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.
  • Sêcoa, S.L.R., Silva, R. L., Watson, N., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, Alcides J.S.C. and Wach, G. (2019) Application of petrophysical methods to estimate total organic carbon in Lower Jurassic source rocks from the offshore Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 180, 1058-1068  DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2019.05.065
  • Williams, J., Risk, D., Marshall, A., Martell, A., Nickerson, N., Wach, G.D., Creelman, C., and Grace, M. (2019). Methane emissions from abandoned coal and oil and gas wells developments in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment  191(8): 479, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7602-1
  • Ruffell, A., and Wach, G.D. 2019. Location of the Brecourt (Normandy, France) WW2 Howitzer battery using a geoforensic search strategy. Journal of Conflict Archaeology. 13:3, 154-166, DOI: 10.1080/15740773.2018.1583480

2018 Publications

  • O’Connor, D., Silva, R. L., & Wach, G. (2018). Earliest sedimentological evidence for marine ingressions in the eastern North American rift system, Central Atlantic Margin. Lithosphere (2018) 10 (6): 783–791 DOI: 10.1130/L713.1
  • Bradley, G-M.,  Redfern, J., Hodgetts, D.,  George, A., and Wach, G. D. (2018) The applicability of modern tidal analogues to pre-vegetation paralic depositional models. Sedimentology (2018) 65, 2171–2201, DOI: 10.1111/sed.12461 

2017 Publications

  • Silva, R. L., Carlisle, C.A.M., and, Wach, G. (2017) A new TOC, Rock-Eval, and carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic source rocks from the Slyne Basin, offshore Ireland. Marine and Petroleum Geology 86, 499-511, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.06.004
  • Hasley,V., and Wach, G.D. (2017) The detrital record of Cretaceous to Pliocene sandstones across the northeast South American margin. Journal of the Geological Society, 174, 434-452
    https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-111
  • Di Maggio, R.M., Donnelly, L.J., Al Naimi, K.S., Barone, P.M., Da Silva Salvador, F.A., Dawson, L., Dixon, R., Fitzpatrick, R., Gradusova, O., Nesterina, E., Peleneva, M., Ushacova, O., Gallego, C.M.M., Pirrie, D.l., Ruffell, A., McKinley, J., Sagripanti, G., Villalba, D., Schneck, B., Sugita, R., Wach, G., Silva, R., Forbes, S. (2017) Global developments in forensic geology. Episodes, 40(2), 120- 131. DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2017/v40i2/017014

2016 Publications

  • [Book Chapter] Silva, R.L., 2016. O Jurássico Inferior nas margens centro e norte atlânticas e a deposição e preservação de matéria orgânica. In: Duarte, L., Seco, S., Canico, A., (coords) “A geologia sedimentar de Penela. Singularidades e semelhanças no contexto da evolução do Oceano Atlântico”. ISBN: 978-989-97997-2-1
  • [Book Chapter] Comas-Rengifo, M.J., Duarte, L.V., Felix, F.F., Goy, A., Paredes, R., Silva, R.L., 2016. Amaltheidae e Hildoceratidae (Ammonitina) del Pliensbachiense Superior (Cronozona Spinatum) en las Cuencas Septentrionales de la Península Ibérica. In: G. Meléndez, A. Núñez y M. Tomás (eds.). Actas de las XXXII Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, nº 20. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, 2016. ISBN 978-84-9138-016-0, pp. pp. 47-52.
  • [Report] Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2016. 3rd Interim Report of the project Source Rock and Geochemistry of the Central Atlantic Margins. Submitted to Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia
  • [Report]  Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2016. Field Report on reconnaissance of organic-rich facies and reservoir potential of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Basin and Reservoir Lab, 49p.
  • [Field Guide] Silva, R.L., 2016. A secção de Ribeira de Alcalamouque. In: Duarte, L., Seco, S., Canico, A., (coords) “A geologia sedimentar de Penela. Singularidades e semelhanças no contexto da evolução do Oceano Atlântico”. ISBN: 978-989-97997-2-1
  • [Poster] Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., Carlisle, C.A.M., (2016). A new carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic age from the Slyne Trough, offshore Ireland. SEPM Research Conference: Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) Drivers, Feedbacks, Paleooceanographic Conditions and Related Sedimentary Products, Austin, Texas.
  • [Poster] Silva, R.L., Carlisle, C.A.M., and Wach, G.D., (2016). A new TOC, Rock-Eval and carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic source rocks from the Slyne Basin, offshore Ireland. Atlantic Ireland 2016, Dublin, Ireland.
  • [Poster] Wach, G.D., Skinner, C.H. (2016). Excess pressure & reservoir compartmentalization in the Porcupine Basin & Sable   SubBasin, NS.
  • [Poster] Campbell, T.J., Silva, R., Wach, G., (2016). Carbonate Stratigraphy and Organic Matter Preservation Within the Scotian Margin, Offshore Nova Scotia. AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • [Poster] Carlisle, C.A., Silva, R., Wach, G., 2016. Source Rock and Geochemistry of the Central Atlantic Margins: Geochemical Characterization of Lower Jurassic Organic-Rich Facies Offshore Ireland. AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • [Poster] Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Plummer, N., and Wach, G.D. (2016) Preliminary evaluation of the compositional sedimentary variation of the Jurassic Iroquois and Mohican formations of the Scotian Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada).
  • [Poster] Wong, J.C., Skinner,C.H., Richards, B., Silva, R.L., Morrison, N., Wach, G.D. (2016) 1D thermal model of South Venture O-59, Sable Subbasin (Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia).AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • [Poster] Carlisle, C.A.M., Silva, R.L. and Wach, G.D., 2016. Geochemical characterization of Lower Jurassic organic-rich facies, offshore Ireland. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia.
  • [Poster] Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., 2016. Trace fossils of the Pliensbachian–Toarcian hemipelagic deposits of the Lusitanian Basin. Stratigraphic distribution and palaeoenvironmental significance. Proceedings of the Ichnia 2016. Idanha-a-Nova (Naturtejo Global Geopark, Portugal), 6-9 May 2016
  • [Poster] Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Félix, F., Comas-Rengifo, M.J., Rocha, R.B., Mattioli, E., Paredes, R., Mendonça Filho, J.G. 2016. The Jurassic of the Peniche Peninsula (Portugal): from the scientific relevance to the educational and science popularization impact. 35th International Geological Congress. 27 August - 4 September 2016, Cape Town, South Africa
  • [Poster] Hargreaves, A.C., Watson, N., Wach, G., Silva, R., 2016. Characterization of the Cretaceous in the Sable SubBasin, Offshore Nova Scotia, by Detailed Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Analysis to Determine Source Rock and Correlation to Worldwide Oceanic Anoxic Events. AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • [Poster] Morrison, N., Silva, R.L., Richards, F., Wach, G., 2016. Integration of Seismic Inversion with Source Rock Evaluation Methods to the Study of the Middle to Late Jurassic Organic Rich Intervals in the Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • [Poster] Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Wach, G., 2016. 1D modelling approach to the investigation of Mesozoic source rocks in several offshore Newfoundland basins. The 66th Annual Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference 2016. Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • [Poster] Sedore, P., Silva, R.L., Plummer, N., and Wach, G., 2016. Preliminary evaluation of the compositional sedimentary variation of the Jurassic Iroquois and Mohican formations of the Scotian Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada). Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia.
  • [Poster] Soukup, M., Silva, R.L., Sedore, P., and Wach, G., 2016. Early–Middle Jurassic depositional environment variability in Well Mohican I-100 Cores 7 and 8, Scotian Basin. Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia.
  • [Poster] Soukup, M., Silva, R.L., Sedore, P., and Wach, G., 2016. ?Early–Middle Jurassic coast sabkha depositional environment variability in Well Mohican I‐100 Cores 7 and 8, Scotian Basin. The 66th Annual Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference 2016. Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • [Poster] Skinner, C.H., Silva, R., Watson, N., Bill, R., Wach, G., 2016. Reservoir Connectivity, Compartmentalization and Overpressure Conditions in the Sable Subbasin (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Porcupine Basin (Ireland). AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • [Poster] Wong, J.C., H. Skinner, C.H., Richards, B., Silva, R.L., Morrison, N., Wach, G., 2016. 1D thermal model of South Venture O-59, Sable Subbasin (Scotian Basin, Nova Scotia). Atlantic Geoscience Society Colloquium 2016, Truro, Nova Scotia.

2015 Publications

  • Kettanah, Y.A. , Mory, A.J., Wach, G.D., Wingate M.T.D., (2015). Provenance of the Ordovician – lower Silurian Tumblagooda Sandstone, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62, 817-830. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08120099.2015.1117020
  • Silva, R.L., Wong, C., Wach, G.D. (2015) Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems of the Scotian Basin. CSEG Recorder, 40(8), 22-27.
  • Culshaw, N., Dickson, C. (2015) Cape St. Marys shear zone and the Halifax Group – Rockville Notch Group disconformity, southwestern Nova Scotia: structural development and tectonic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52, 921-937. doi:0.1139/cjes-2015-0007
  • Campbell, T.J., Richards, F.W.(B.), Silva, R.L., Wach, G., Eliuk, L., (2015) Interpretation of the Penobscot 3D Seismic Volume Using Constrained Sparse Spike Inversion, Sable sub-Basin, Offshore Nova Scotia, Marine and Petroleum Geology.  doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.08.009.
  • Silva, R.L. and Duarte, L.V., (2015). Organic matter production and preservation in the Lusitanian Basin and Late Pliensbachian climatic hot snaps. Global and Planetary Changes 131, 24–34.
  • Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., Comas-Rengifo, (2015). Chapter 13. Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of Lower Jurassic carbonate deposits, Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Implications and limitations to the application in sequence stratigraphic studies. In: Ramkumar, M. (Ed). Chemostratigraphy: concepts, techniques, and applications. Elsevier, pp. 341-371.
  • Cabral, M.C., Colin, J-P., Azerêdo, A.C., Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., (2015). Brackish and marine ostracode assemblages from the Sinemurian of western Portugal, with description of new species. Micropaleontology 61, 3-24.

2014 Publications

  • Silva, R.L., Mendonça Filho, J.G., Azerêdo, A.C., Silva, T.F., Duarte, L.V., (2014). Palynofacies and TOC analysis of marine and non-marine sediments across the Middle-Upper Jurassic boundary in the central-northern Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Facies, 60, 255–276.
  • Duarte, L. V., Comas-Rengifo, M. J., Silva, R.L., Paredes, R.*, Goy, A., (2014). Carbon isotope stratigraphy and ammonite biochronostratigraphy across the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary in the western Iberian margin. Bulletin of Geosciences, 89, 719–736.
  • Vincent, H. , Wach, G.D., Kettanah, Y.A, (2014). Heavy mineral record of Andean uplift and changing sediment sources across the northeastern margin of South America; a case study from Trinidad and Barbados. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2014: Sediment Provenance Studies in Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production, 386, 217-241. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP386.19
  • Kettanah, Y.A., Kettanah, M.Y. and Wach, G.D., (2014). Provenance, diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Upper Triassic Wolfville Formation, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP386.18   
  • Azerêdo, A.C., Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L, (2014). Sequential configuration in Transgressive-Regressive Facies Cycles (2nd order) of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) Lower and Middle Jurassic. CNG 2014 (Portugal)
  • Dickson, C.H., Silva, R.L., Wach, G., (2014). Overpressure, Seal Integrity, and Reservoir Connectivity in the Scotian Basin. Geoconvention2014
  • Duarte, L.V., Comas-Rengifo, M.J., Silva, R.L., Paredes, R., Goy, A., (2014). Carbon stable isotopes and ammonite biochronostratigraphy across the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary in the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU2014-2011, 2014.
  • Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Azerêdo, A.C., Paredes, R., Rita, P., (2014). A Formação de Coimbra na região de S. Pedro de Moel (Oeste de Portugal). Caracterização litológica, definição litostratigráfica e interpretação sequencial. IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia (IX CNG)/ 2º Congresso de Geologia dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2º CoGePLiP)
  • Duarte, L.V., Silva, R.L., Mendonça Filho, J.G., (2014). Unidades potencialmente geradoras de hidrocarbonetos do Jurássico Inferior da região de S. Pedro de Moel (Bacia Lusitânica, Portugal). Field Trip Guide book of the IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia (IX CNG)/ 2º Congresso de Geologia dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (2º CoGePLiP)
  • Harnett, A., Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D, (2014). Assessment of the “Passey method” for discrimination of organic-rich intervals in wells from offshore Newfoundland (Canada). 2014AGS meeting
  • Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., (2014). Paleoceanographic constrains on organic matter preservation in the Lusitanian Basin during the Late Pliensbachian. Conjugate Margins 2014
  • Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., (2014). A link between Late Pliensbachian organic matter preservation and the Spinatum Chronozone icehouse event. Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 16, EGU2014-1560
  • Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., (2014). Lower Jurassic organic-rich intervals along the Central-Northern Atlantic Margin. Conjugate Margins 2014
  • Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., (2014). Overview of Lower Jurassic source rock intervals along the Central-Northern Atlantic Margin. GAC-MAC 2014
  • Silva, R.L., Wach, G.D., Wong, C. (2014). Spectral gamma-ray evaluation of Lower Jurassic basalts and lacustrine sediments from the Fundy Basin (Nova Scotia, Canada). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 16, EGU2014-1559
  • Wach, G.D., Eliuk, L., Silva, R.L., Kettanah. Y., Dickson, C., O’Connor, D., Kelly, T., Campbell, T., Wong, C., Morrison, N., Plummer, N., (2014). Petroleum systems and risk elements of the Central Atlantic Margin- offshore Eastern Canada. Conjugate Margins 2014.
  • Wach, G.D., Eliuk, L., Silva, R.L., Kettanah. Y., Dickson, C., O’Connor, D., Kelly, T., Campbell, T., Wong, C., Morrison, N., Plummer, N., (2014). Petroleum systems and risk elements of the offshore Eastern Canada. Geoconvention2014
  • Wach, G.D., Pimentel, N., Pena dos Reis, R., (2014). Petroleum systems of the Central Atlantic margins, from outcrop and subsurface data. Sedimentary Basins: Origin, Depositional Histories, and Petroleum systems of Continental Margins of the World Gulf Coast Section SEPM Foundation. pp. 10.

2013 Publications

Recent Work  2017-Present

2024

Wach, G.D., Morris, L.E., Dickie, J., and Dusseault, M. Carbon Solutions for Eastern Canada: Record of the 2023 Carbon Neutrality Forum and Associated Material. Technical Report, unpublished. 

Richards, F.W., Cen, H., MacAdam, N., Kelly, T.B., MacDonald, A., Keppie, F., Skinner, C., and Wach, G.D. Quantitative Assessments of Subsurface Energy Transition Opportunities in Nova Scotia. AGS Moncton 2024 presentation, February 2024. 

Jager, J., Leclerc, T., Richards, F.W., and Wach, G.D. Dynamic Modeling of Geological Carbon Storage (GCS) in Mesozoic Deep Saline Aquifers on the Scotian Shelf. AGS Moncton 2024 presentation, February 2024. 

2023

Richards, F.W., Cen, H., MacAdam, N., MacDonald, A., and Wach, G.D. CCS Potential on the Scotian Shelf, Offshore Nova Scotia. Forum presentation, 2023 Carbon Neutrality Forum, April 2023. 

Martyns-Yellowe, K.T., Wach, G.D., Silva, R.I., Brown, D.E., O'Connor, D.E., Kelly, T.B., and Kettanah, Y.A. The Red Head Aeolian Sandstones of the Upper Triassic Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. CSPG Reservoir, March/April, 50(2), 2023. 

2022

Rizk, A.S.M., Silva Barbosa, M.R., Chakraboty, A., Watts, K., Richards, F.W., and Wach, G.D. Minus CO2 Challenge 2021/2022 - Student teams evaluate potential world-class carbon storage capacity offshore Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada. First Break, v. 40, April 2022.

2021

Kelly, T.B., Wach, G.D., and O'Connor, D.E. The technical challenges and outcomes of ground-penetrating radar: A site-specific example from Joggins, Nova Scotia. AIMS Geosciences, 7(1), 2021.

Fraser, J.A and Wach, G.D. Passive margin sedimentation- Low density turbidites of the Meguma Supergroup. Geoconvention 2021, September 13-15, 2021. 

Brown, D.E. and Wach, G.D. Petroleum Exploration on the Scotian Margin. Geoconvention, 2021, September 13-15, 2021. 

Morris, L.E. and Wach, G.D. Petroleum System Elements of Trinidad – Field School Techniques Comprising Sedimentology and Ichnology. Geoconvention 2021, September 13-15, 2021. 

Hargreaves, A.C. and Wach, G.D. Seismic and Lithological Characterization and Source Rock Potential of the Aptian Naskapi Shale Member, Logan Canyon Formation, Offshore Nova Scotia. Geoconvention 2021, September 13-15, 2021. 

Kelly, T. and Wach, G.D. Evidence for late Carboniferous episodic marine incursions in eastern Laurasia. Geoconvention 2021, Septmeber 13-15 2021. 

Martyns-Yellowe, K.T., O'Connor, D.E., Silva, R.L., Brown, D.E., Kabiito, J, and Wach, G.D. Aeolian Sandstones of the Upper Triassic Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. Geoconvention 2021, September 13-15, 2021. 

Silva, R.L., Duarte, L.V., Wach, G.D., Ruhl, M., Sadki, D., Gomez, J.J., Hesselbo, S.P., Xu, W., O-Connor, D., Rodrigues, B., and Mendonça Filhoh, J.G. An Early Jurassic (Sinemurian–Toarcian) stratigraphic framework for the occurrence of Organic Matter Preservation Intervals (OMPIs). Earth-Science Reviews, 221. 

Kelly, T.B., Angel, M.N., O'Connor, D.E., Huff, C.C., Morris, L.E., and Wach, G.D. A novel approach to 3D modelling ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data – A case study of a cemetery and applications for criminal investigation. Forensic Science International, 325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110882

Martyns-Yellowe, K. and Wach, G. (2021) Crestal faulting: A source trap integrity loss and gas migration in the Migrant Structure, Sable Delta, Offshore Nova Scotia. KAUST Research Conference 2021: Enabling CO2 Geological Storage within a Low-Carbon Economy, February 22-24, 2021. 

2020

Taylor, K., Risk, D., Wach, G., Williams, J., and Sherwood, O. 2020. Occurrence and Origin of Groundwater Methane in the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia. Science of the Total Environment (Submitted)

Kelly, T.B., and Wach, G.D. 2020. Analysis of factors influencing the interpretation of a digitally examined fluvial meanderbelt system: Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(4): 524-541. DOI:10.1139/cjes-2018-0263

Silva, R.L., Duarte, L. V., Wach, G. D., Morrison, N., and Campbell, T. (2020) Oceanic organic carbon as a possible first-order control on the carbon cycle during the Bathonian–Callovian. Global and Planetary Change 184:103058    DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103058

Silva, R.L., Wach, G., Hesselbo, S. P., Ruhl, M., and O’Connor, D. (2020) Early Cretaceous coastal dynamics and expression of the oceanic anoxic event 1b cluster in the Isle of Wight (Wessex Basin, United Kingdom). 63rd Irish Geological Research Meeting, Feb 28-March 1, 2020

Silva RL, Wach GD, Hesselbo SP, O’Connor DE. (2020) Total organic carbon and pyrolysis analysis of the Lower Cretaceous in Compton Bay and Atherfield, Isle of Wight (England), Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, volume 131, no. 1, pages 51-59, DOI:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.11.005

Wach, G. Geothermal Technology in Canada: Future Pathways. Geothermal Technology in Canada Workshop, Waterloo, Canada.  January 23-24, 2020

O’Connor, D., Richards, F. B., Angel, M., and Wach, G. Dynamic Modeling of Buoyant Fluids: Implications for Hydrocarbon Distribution and Potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020

Angel, M. Reducing Future Carbon Emissions: A Scoping Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Costs and Funding. KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020

Wach, G. Rift and Synrift Sediment Distribution in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins of the Atlantic Canadian Margin- CCUS, CAES and Geothermal Potential. KAUST Research Conference 2020: Maturing Geothermal Energy for Saudi Arabia January 27 - 29, 2020

2019

Ruffell, A.H., Wach, G.D. (In Press) Gamma-ray Log Correlation and Interpretation of Fitton and Casey’s Stratigraphy with Offshore Borehole 99/16-1, Proceedings of Geologists Association
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.07.003

Wach, G., and O’Connor, D. 2019. Outcrop analogues for petroleum system characterization of the Central and North Atlantic margins. British Sedimentological Research Group 58th Annual General Meeting, Royal Holloway, University of London. December 13-17, 2019

O'Connor, D., Richards, B., Angel, M., and Wach, G. 2019. Dynamic Modeling of Buoyant Fluid Flow in Rollover Anticlines, Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada: Implications for Hydrocarbon Distribution, Potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Future Activity in the Sable Subbasin. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.

Angel, M., O’Connor, D., Richards, F.W., and Wach, G. 2019. Cost Scoping Analysis of Future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Sable Subbasin. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.

Angel, M. “A Demonstration of Trapping CO2 in the Deep Subsurface” Science Slam Submission, 2nd Place. Energy3 Canada's Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. October 16-18, 2019.

Sêcoa, S.L.R., Silva, R. L., Watson, N., Duarte, L. V., Pereira, Alcides J.S.C. and Wach, G. (2019) Application of petrophysical methods to estimate total organic carbon in Lower Jurassic source rocks from the offshore Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 180, 1058-1068  DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2019.05.065

Williams, J., Risk, D., Marshall, A., Martell, A., Nickerson, N., Wach, G.D., Creelman, C., and Grace, M. (2019). Methane emissions from abandoned coal and oil and gas wells developments in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment  191(8): 479, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7602-1

Ruffell, A., and Wach, G.D. 2019. Location of the Brecourt (Normandy, France) WW2 Howitzer battery using a geoforensic search strategy. Journal of Conflict Archaeology. 13:3, 154-166, DOI: 10.1080/15740773.2018.1583480

 

2018

O’Connor, D., Silva, R. L., & Wach, G. (2018). Earliest sedimentological evidence for marine ingressions in the eastern North American rift system, Central Atlantic Margin. Lithosphere (2018) 10 (6): 783–791 DOI: 10.1130/L713.1

Bradley, G-M.,  Redfern, J., Hodgetts, D.,  George, A., and Wach, G. D. (2018) The applicability of modern tidal analogues to pre-vegetation paralic depositional models. Sedimentology (2018) 65, 2171–2201, DOI: 10.1111/sed.12461 

2017

Silva, R. L., Carlisle, C.A.M., and, Wach, G. (2017) A new TOC, Rock-Eval, and carbon isotope record of Lower Jurassic source rocks from the Slyne Basin, offshore Ireland. Marine and Petroleum Geology 86, 499-511, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.06.004

Hasley,V., and Wach, G.D. (2017) The detrital record of Cretaceous to Pliocene sandstones across the northeast South American margin. Journal of the Geological Society, 174, 434-452
https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-111

Di Maggio, R.M., Donnelly, L.J., Al Naimi, K.S., Barone, P.M., Da Silva Salvador, F.A., Dawson, L., Dixon, R., Fitzpatrick, R., Gradusova, O., Nesterina, E., Peleneva, M., Ushacova, O., Gallego, C.M.M., Pirrie, D.l., Ruffell, A., McKinley, J., Sagripanti, G., Villalba, D., Schneck, B., Sugita, R., Wach, G., Silva, R., Forbes, S. (2017) Global developments in forensic geology. Episodes, 40(2), 120- 131. DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2017/v40i2/017014