Storm- and tide-dominated shorelines in Cretaceous Moosebar-lower Gates interval - outcrop equivalents.

The Moosebar and Gates Formations crop out in the deformed Foothills belt south of Fort St. John, British Columbia. They permit examination of the depositional environments of sandstones and conglomerates that are gas-bearing in the equivalent Wilrich- Falher interval of the Deep basin of Alberta and British Columbia. Details of the orientation and geometry of these conglomerate bodies, along with their internal structure and pebble fabrics, suggest that four major environments (fluvial, beach, offshore conglomerate bars, and offshore graded storm conglomerates) should be identifiable and predictable in the subsurface. -from Authors