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Technical Bibliography of Georgia Basin

by Gwyneth Cathyl-Bickford. P.Geo.

Bell, W.A.
1957: Flora of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 293.

Bickford, C.G.C. and Kenyon, C.
1988: Coalfield geology of eastern Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1987; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 88-1, pages 441 to 450.

Buckham, A.F.
1966: History of coal mining companies, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 91.

Bustin, R.M.
1990: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petroleum source rock potential of the Georgia Basin, southwest British Columbia and northwest Washington State; in Current Research, part F; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90-1F, pages 103 to 108.

Bustin, R.M. and England, T.D.J.
1991: Petroleum source rock potential of the Nanaimo Group, western margin of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; in Current Research, part A; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-1A, pages 143 to 143.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1989a: Coal-mining geology of the Comox and Extension formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island [abstract]; in Advances in western Canadian coal geoscience; Alberta Research Council, Information Series No.103, page 355.

1991: Coal geology and coalbed methane potential of the Comox and Nanaimo coal fields; in Coalbed methane of North America; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, pages 155 to 162.

Clague, J.J.
1994: Quaternary stratigraphy and history of south-coastal British Columbia; in Monger, J.W.H. (editor), Geology and geological hazards of the Vancouver region, southwestern British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, pages 181 to 192.

Clowes, R.M., Brandon, M.T., Green, A.G., Yorath, C.J., Sutherland Brown, A., Kanasewich, E.R. and Spencer, K.
1987: LITHOPROBE-Southern Vancouver Island: Cenozoic subduction complex imaged by deep seismic reflections; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, volume 24, pages 31 to 51.

Dawson, G.M.
1890: Notes on the Cretaceous of the British Columbian region - the Nanaimo Group; American Journal of Science, volume 39, pages 180 to 183.

England, T.D.J.:
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; in Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-1E, pages 197 to 206.

1990: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene evolution of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's, Newfoundland).

1991: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene structural and stratigraphic evolution of Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia: implications for hydrocarbon potential; Washington Division of Mines and Geology, Washington Geology, volume 19, no.4, pages 10 and 11.

England, T.D.J. and Calon, T.J.
1991: The Cowichan fold and thrust system, Vancouver Island, southwestern British Columbia; Geological Society of America, Bulletin, volume 103, pages 336 to 362.

Gardner, S.L.
1999: Coal resources and coal mining on Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Gordy, P.L.
1988: Evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of the Georgia depression; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Resources Branch Paper 1988-03.

Graham, C.
1924: The problems of the Vancouver Island coal industry; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 27, pages 456 to 477.

Haggart, J.W.
1989: New and revised ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of British Columbia and Washington State; in Contributions to Canadian Paleontology; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 396, pages 181 to 221.

Haggart, J.W. and Ward. P.D.
1989: New Nanaimo Group ammonites from British Columbia and Washington State; Journal of Paleontology, volume 63, pages 218 to 227.

Henderson, G.G. and Vigrass, L.W.
1962: Final report: Geology of the Gulf Islands area, British Columbia; California Standard Oil Company; unpublished report, held by Geological Survey of Canada library, Vancouver, B.C.

James, A.R.C.
1969: The coalfields of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Inspection and Engineering Branch Paper No. 1969-1.

Journeay, J.M. and Friedman, R.M.
1993: The Coast Belt thrust system: evidence of Late Cretaceous shortening in southwest British Columbia; Tectonics, volume 12, pages 756 to 773.

Kenyon, C.
1991: Coalbed methane potential of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Washington Division of Mines and Geology, Washington Geology, volume 19, no.4, pages 19 and 20.

Kenyon, C. and Bickford, C.G.C.
1989: Vitrinite reflectance study of Nanaimo Group coals of Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 543 to 552.

McGugan, A.
1962: Upper Cretaceous foraminiferal zones, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, Journal, volume 16, pages 585 to 592.

1964: Upper Cretaceous zone foraminifera, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; Journal of Paleontology, volume 38, pages 933 to 951.

Monger, J.W.H.
1990: Georgia Basin: regional setting and adjacent Coast Mountains geology, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part F; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90-1F, pages 95 to 107.

1991: Georgia Basin Project: Structural evolution of parts of southern Insular and southwestern Coast Belts, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part A; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-1A, pages 219 to 228.

Monger, J.W.H. and Journeay, J.M.
1994: Basement geology and tectonic evolution of the Vancouver region; in Monger, J.W.H. (editor), Geology and geological hazards of the Vancouver region, southwestern British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, pages 3 to 25.

Monger, J.W.H., van der Heyden, P., and Journeay, J.M., Evenchick, C.A. and Mahoney, J.B.
1994: Jurassic-Cretaceous basins along the Canadian Coast Belt; their bearing on pre-mid-Cretaceous sinistral displacements; Geological Society of America, Geology, volume 22, pages 175 to 178.

Muller, J.E.
1977: Geology of Vancouver Island; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Map 463.

Muller, J.E. and Atchison, M.E.
1971: Geology, history and potential of Vancouver Island coal deposits; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 70-53.

Muller, J.E. and Jeletzky, J.A.
1967: Stratigraphy and biochronology of the Nanaimo Group, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, British Columbia; in Report of Activities, Part B; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-1B, pages 38 to 47.

1970: Geology of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-25.

Mustard, P.S.
1994: The Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Georgia Basin; in Monger, J.W.H. (editor), Geology and geological hazards of the Vancouver region, southwestern British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, pages 27 to 95.

Pacht, J.A.
1980: Sedimentology and petrology of the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group in the Nanaimo Basin, Washington and British Columbia: implications for Late Cretaceous tectonics; Ph.D. thesis, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio).

1984: Petrologic evolution and paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Basin, Washington and British Columbia: implications for Cretaceous tectonics; Geological Society of America, Bulletin, volume 95, pages 766 to 778.

Parks, W.A.
1917: Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, volume V, Province of British Columbia; Canada Mines Branch, Report No.452.

Poole, H.S.
1906: The Nanaimo-Comox coal fields; in Summary Report of the Geological Survey Branch for the calendar year 1905; Canada Department of Mines, pages 55 to 59.

Richardson, J.
1872: Coal fields of the east coast of Vancouver Island; in Report of Progress 1871-1872; Geological Survey of Canada, pages 73 to 100.

1873: Coal fields of Vancouver Island; in Report of Progress 1872-1873; Geological Survey of Canada, part 4, pages 32 to 65.

1878: Coal fields of Nanaimo, Comox, Cowichan, Burrard Inlet and Sooke, B.C.; in Report of Progress 1876-1877; Geological Survey of Canada, pages 160 to 192.

Scott, J.A.B.
1974a: Upper Cretaceous zone foraminifera of the Haslam, Qualicum and Trent River formations, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta).

1974b: The foraminifera of the Haslam, Qualicum and Trent River formations, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, volume 22, pages 119 to 176.

Strong, R.A., Swartzman, E. and Burrough, E.J.
1939: Investigation of Vancouver Island coals prepared by the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. at Nanaimo and Union Bay, British Columbia; Canada Mines Branch, Fuel Research Laboratories, Carbonization Section, No.115; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 3.

Sutton, W.J.
1904: The geology and mining of Vancouver Island; Manchester Geological and Mining Society, Transactions, volume 28, pages 307 to 314.

Usher, J.L.
1948: The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, Montreal.

1952: Ammonite faunas of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 21.

Van der Flier-Keller, E. and Dumais, S.
1988: Inorganic matter content and specialized element potential of the Nanaimo and Comox coalfields, Vancouver Island (92G,F,K), in Geological Fieldwork 1987; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1988-1, pages 435 to 439.

Ward, P.D.
1976: Stratigraphy, paleoecology and functional morphology of heteromorph ammonites of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, British Columbia and Washington; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario).

1978a: Revisions to the stratigraphy and biochronology of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, British Columbia and Washington State; Canadian Journal of Earth Science, volume 15, pages 405 to 423.

1978b: Baculitids from the Santonian-Maestrichtian Nanaimo Group, British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, U.S.A.; Journal of Paleontology, volume 52, pages 1143 to 1154.

Ward, P.D. and Stanley, K.O.
1982: The Haslam Formation: a Late Santonian-Early Campanian forearc basin deposit in the Insular Belt of southwestern British Columbia and adjacent Washington; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, volume 52, pages 975 to 990.

White, G.V.
1988: Sandstone quarries along the Strait of Georgia; in Geological Fieldwork 1987; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1988-1, pages 385 to 492.

Whiteaves, J.F.
1879: On the fossils of the Cretaceous rocks of Vancouver and adjacent islands in the Straits of Georgia; Geological Survey of Canada, Mesozoic Fossils, volume I, part II, pages 93 to 190.

1895: On some fossils of the Nanaimo Group of the Vancouver Cretaceous; Royal Society of Canada, Transactions, 2nd series, volume 1(IV), pages 119 to 133.

1903: On some additional fossils from the Vancouver Cretaceous, with a revised list of the species therefrom; Geological Survey of Canada, Mesozoic Fossils, volume I, part V, pages 309 to 416.

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