Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform

Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: 20110701

Title: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta

Publisher: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Online Linkage: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/geoscientificInformation/Landform/AlbertaLandInventoryAndCanadaLandInventoryLandform.zip

File or Table Name: LAND.ALI_CLI_LAND

Description:

Abstract: This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset. Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform consists of a single polygon feature class with associated attributes. These attributes describe the landform polygons in terms of parent geologic material, surface form, generalized texture, and slope. The attribution includes the original ALI/CLI coding as well as the equivalent Physical Land Classification (PLC) codes. CLI and ALI landform polygons were photo interpreted in the 1960's and 70's. The linework was transferred to mylar overlay and 319 maps were published at a scale of 1:63360, using the National Topographic Series (NTS) maps as a base. The structure of the map symbols is slightly different for the two series. There is additional free-form text on the CLI landform maps to describe the direction of glacial movement and presence of specific geomorphic features such as eskers but the information is essentially the same for the two series. In some cases, a single base map may have both the initial CLI landform mapping on part of the map sheet and subsequent ALI landform mapping on the remainder of the same sheet. These published hardcopy maps and mylars were later scanned into .tif images and then processed into a single ArcInfo coverage. Scanned images were georeferenced, cleaned and vectorized. The resulting landform polygons were attributed and merged into a single coverage, using permanent water bodies from Alberta's Base Features Hydrography Polygons as a base. The ALI and CLI landform polygon feature class is derived from this merged coverage.

Purpose: Competition for land for alternative uses, and increased government economic and social planning in rural areas, made apparent the need for improved knowledge of the productive capability of Canada's lands, their location and extent. To meet this need, a co-operative federal-provincial program was developed, namely the Canada Land Inventory (CLI). This federally sponsored project was administered under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act (ARDA) of June 1961. The Alberta portion of the CLI land capability classification was initiated in 1964 and completed by March 31, 1973. The Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) program was subsequently established to provide land capability information for the northern area of the province that was not mapped during the Canada Land Inventory (CLI) project. The ALI program, funded by Alberta Environment, was initiated in 1974 and completed in 1979. The Canada Land Inventory (CLI), being a national comprehensive survey of the capability and use of land, was designed to provide a basis for planning the use of resources and land, and to encourage use of this information in land development planning at municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. The CLI and ALI landform maps were developed to provide basic information required to produce land capability maps. The objective of these two base mapping programs was to delineate relatively homogeneous land units, based on their physical characteristics, and to describe these units such that their suitability for various land uses could be assessed in a standardized manner using a documented methodology.

Supplemental Information: It should be noted that the ALI and CLI landform mapping projects are broad reconnaissance type inventories and are designed for planning rather than management. These maps will not provide the detailed information required for intensive management of individual parcels of land, nor for land use planning in small watersheds, local government units, or other small areas. In view of the dated nature of the data, it is the responsibility of the user to (1) confirm whether later versions are available before making use of the data; and (2) if the Minister permits the user to provide the data to other users, to advise users of the age and status of the data.

Language of Dataset: en

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1949

Ending Date: 1951

Currentness Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -120.002676

East Bounding Coordinate: -109.999988

North Bounding Coordinate: 60.000000

South Bounding Coordinate: 53.000000

Local Bounding Coordinates:

Left Bounding Coordinate: -120.002676

Right Bounding Coordinate: -109.999988

Bottom Bounding Coordinate: 53.000000

Top Bounding Coordinate: 60.000000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none

Theme Keyword: landform

Theme Keyword: peat

Theme Keyword: wetland

Theme Keyword: surficial geology

Theme Keyword: soils

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Land-use Framework

Theme Keyword: Lower Athabasca Integrated Planning Region

Theme Keyword: Upper Athabasca Integrated Planning Region

Theme Keyword: Lower Peace Integrated Planning Region

Theme Keyword: Upper Peace Integrated Planning Region

Theme Keyword: North Saskatchewan Integrated Planning Region

Theme Keyword: LAIPR

Theme Keyword: UAIPR

Theme Keyword: LPIPR

Theme Keyword: UPIPR

Theme Keyword: NSIPR

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: Alberta Geographic Names (GNS)

Place Keyword: Alberta

Stratum:

Stratum Keyword Thesaurus: Map Scale

Stratum Keyword: 1:63360

Temporal:

Temporal Keyword Thesaurus: Year of Publication

Temporal Keyword: 2011

Access Constraints: To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta.

Use Constraints: Your use of the information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta in force as of the date you accessed the information.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Contact Position: Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics Branch, Corporate Services Division

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 14th Floor, Oxbridge Place

Address: 9820 - 106 Street NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T5K 2J6

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: 7804225117

Contact Facsimile Telephone: 7804220712

Contact Electronic Mail Address: AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca

Hours: 08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday

Contact Instructions: This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, the data set. Queries about the creation and/or characteristics of the data set submitted through facsimile or electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics Branch, Corporate Services Division; Dataset: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform". For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this metadata record. For Metadata Information contact instructions, refer to the Metadata Reference Information section of this metadata record.

Data Set Credit: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Security Information:

Security Classification System: Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification

Security Classification: Public

Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Forestry Lands and Wildlife

Publication Date: December 1976

Title: Land Capability Classification for Forestry in Alberta

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document

Other Citation Details: RIB #152

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Publication Date: June 1979

Title: Alberta Land Inventory Land Capability Classification for Forestry

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document

Other Citation Details: RIB #14

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: 2011

Title: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Other Citation Details: RIB #1101

Native Dataset Format: SDE Feature Class

Data Quality Information:

Attribute Value Accuracy Information:

Attribute Accuracy Report: The attribute accuracy is unknown. Some ground truthing was performed at the time of data collection but the results were never compiled into a formal accuracy assessment. For the original ALI/CLI maps, plots were established evenly throughout the study area. Only 30 to 40 plots were established per 1:250,000 map sheet due to the large area, restricted access and short time available for fieldwork. There are a number of fields that are used to identify problems in the dataset. Missing polygon labels and double labels have been identified. Polygons have also been flagged where there appears to be an illegal or incomplete code on the original hardcopy map. Missing polygons and input errors are being corrected when encountered. Some of the ALI/CLI records have been corrected or updated and may no longer match the label on the original map. The reasons have been noted in the CODEPROB field. Resolved issues include: Written text comments on the original CLI map sheets have been reviewed. General comments relating to surface form, texture, and drainage are now noted in the COMMENT field. Comments relating to dunes and permafrost are now coded as ALI codes Ae and K respectively. The permafrost modifier code K has been placed after all parent material codes except bedrock (Bk) and recent alluvium (A). Missing slope classes have been added for dunes (Ae) based on Base Features DEM derived slope maps. Translation of CLI parent materials: - Sh.O (Shallow organic) has been coded as O/X or O/ over other material. - Sh.Tg (shallow till) has been coded as Tg/X (default), Tg/Bk or Tg/Res (depending on presence of either Bk or Res within polygon or in nearby polygons. - St. occurs in CLI map symbols and is usually associated with till or colluvium (Tg, Ta, or C) with a wide range of slope classes. St. has therefore been interpreted as meaning Stony, where The Canadian System of Soil Classification (2nd Ed.) defines stones as fragments coarser than 25 cm in diameter. These stony prefixes (St and St.) are now coded in a standardized format St. and are translated as PLC coarse fragment code g (gravelly), which is defined as an accumulation of rounded particles ranging in size from pebbles to boulders. - RB (Rough and broken, Erosion slopes) have been translated as undifferentiated parent materials (ALI PM code X), which may or may not be colluviated (C). Parent material and slope translations were updated for each of these RB polygon based on: - the presence or absence of underlying Bedrock (Bk) or Residual material (Res) within nearby polygons; - the presence or absence of alluvial floodplains (A = recent alluvium); - the distribution of slopes within Base Features DEM derived slope maps. Updated CLI slope classes: - CLI maps have capitalized slope classes (U, GR, MR, H, and M) with a range of slopes which are different than the slope classes (l, u, gr, mr, sr, h and vh) used in the subsequent ALI maps. These CLI slope classes were captured and translated incorrectly within earlier versions of this dataset (2007-2010). Slope classes have since been reviewed and updated within the area covered by CLI map sheets. Missing slope Classes: - Missing slope data has been input based on Base Features DEM derived slope statistics. Updated translation of General Textures: - ALIPM_ = Ac (Coarse alluvial outwash) with general texture = sands-gravels or silts to sand stones is now translated as TX_ = gS or SI to rS, instead of gS or gSI to S. The range in textures could include S, gS, rS, Si, gSi, rSi. - ALIPM_ = Af (Fine alluvial outwash) with general texture = silts and clays, generally stone free is now translated as TX_ = SI to C, instead of SI to CL. - ALIPM_ = O (unclassified organic) with general texture = sphagnum moss and fibrous peat is now translated as TX_ = f (fibric), instead of h to f. Unresolved issues include: Translation of Base Feature Hydrography polygons: - QUARRY was translated as Water. Quarries may have recurring or permanent water bodies, but the surrounding higher portions of the quarry should be mapped as PLCPM_ = A (Anthropogenic). - In some areas, LAKE-RECUR was translated as Water. These intermittent (temporary) water features should be deleted and replaced with the appropriate parent material (organic, lacustrine, fluvial, etc.) as shown on the original ALI or CLI map. Translation of parent materials - The ALI/CLI methodology classifies Ablation till and Lodgement till separately. This is extra information which isn't contained in the PLC methodology. More issues may exist.

Logical Consistency Report: The topology of the classified datasets was checked in ArcInfo to ensure that it was sound. Arc and node topology built cleanly with no errors. Multipart polygons were exploded. The geodatabase geometry was checked and repaired. The topology was validated for gaps and overlapping polygons and any errors were corrected.

Completeness Report: ALI and CLI mapping exists for only a portion of the province. There are 319 original map sheets, plus additional landform mapping in 2002 along the northern part of mapsheets 84J 13, 14, 15 and 16. Conversion is complete. The Canada Land Inventory (CLI) and the subsequent Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) included assessments of landform, land use, and capability for forestry, agriculture, recreation, wildlife, waterfowl, and sport fish. These themes were not assessed for every map sheet, as some areas were clearly not suitable for certain uses. CLI capability maps are available through the federal government. Further information on the CLI program, CLI capability maps, capability classification methodology and map symbology is available through the federal government: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/cli/index.html.

Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: Each map sheet was georeferenced using the following quality control standards: - There was a minimum of 100 control points distributed evenly across each .tif image. The control points were based on locations in the Base Features 1:50K NTS, ATS, Access, Facilities, and Hydrography. Intersection points were preferred and the control points included the four (4) corners of each map sheet. - The overall RMSE for all control points is no greater than 35 metres and individual control point rarely have an error greater than 70 metres. - Features in the georeferenced / rectified .tif images line up within 50 metres of the corresponding features in: i) the Base Features Alberta Township System; ii) the Base Features National Topographic System 1:50 000 polygon arcs; iii) the Base Features Access and Facilities lines (roads, power lines, pipe lines, railways, cut lines, trails, etc); iv) perennial water bodies in the Base Feature Hydrography Polygons; and v) stream channels in the Base Feature Single Line Network. A number of the feature types in the Base Features Hydrography Polygons are included as ALI/CLI polygons. These water polygon shorelines and glacier boundaries have a horizontal accuracy that varies from +/- 100 metres to +/- 5 metres depending upon the original source of the line work. The horizontal accuracy for the land polygons is unknown. As the polygons are not homogeneous and represent a combination of a number of different landform features, the placement of the polygon boundaries is very subjective. The accuracy of the line placement is best described in terms of attribute accuracy. Unresolved issues include: - Slivers along stream channels: Fluvial polygon should include sediments deposited inside the U shaped bend of meandering stream channels. Upland polygons should end at the boundary of river polygons, unless it clearly continues as an island inside the river. - Polygon boundaries could be improved in areas of abrupt slope changes: e.g. valleys, gullies

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Vertical Positional Accuracy Report: Not applicable

Lineage:

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: 2005

Title: Alberta Land Inventory / Canada Land Inventory Landform Mapping Tagged Image Format Files

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data

Other Citation Details: available as separate images

Source Scale Denominator: 63360

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1961

Ending Date: 1979

Source Currentness Reference: ground condition

Source Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_TIF

Source Contribution: The .tif images of the ALI and CLI landform maps form the base for the ALI / CLI landform vector maps. The ALI and CLI landform maps are considered as one source as both ALI and CLI landform mapping can exist on the same mapsheet.

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: various

Title: Base Features Single Line Network

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Base Features Hydrography

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta

Publisher: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Source Scale Denominator: 20000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1981

Ending Date: 1995

Source Currentness Reference: publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation: BF_SLNET

Source Contribution: The Base Features Single Line Network is used as a source for georeferencing the ALI/CLI landform .tif images

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: various

Title: Base Features Hydrography Polygons

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Base Features Hydrography

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta

Publisher: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Source Scale Denominator: 20000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1981

Ending Date: 1995

Source Currentness Reference: publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation: BF_HYDROPOLYS

Source Contribution: The Base Features Hydrography Polygons are used as a source for georeferencing the ALI/CLI landform .tif images. The following feature types in the Base Features Hydrography Polygons are included in ALI/CLI as generalized "Water" polygons: RIV-MAJ, LAKE-PER, RESERVOIR, OXBOW-PER, AQUEDUCT, and CANAL-MAJ. The "ICEFIELD" feature type should have been translated as PLC polygons with PLC parent material = "I" (Ice).

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Title: Base Features National Topographic System 1:50 000 Grid

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Source Scale Denominator: 20000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Citation Abbreviation: BF_NTS

Source Contribution: The Base Features 1:50 000 NTS Grid is used for georeferencing the corners of each ALI/CLI landform .tif image. The ALI/CLI landform coverage boundaries are defined by the 1:50 000 BF NTS grid.

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Title: Base Features Alberta Township System Index Grid

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Source Scale Denominator: 20000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Citation Abbreviation: BF_ATS

Source Contribution: The Base Features Alberta Township Index Grid is used as a base for georeferencing the ALI/CLI landform .tif images.

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Government of Alberta

Publication Date: 2002

Title: Alberta Land Inventory / Canada Land Inventory Landform Mapping - Caribou Mountains

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Other Citation Details: 84J/13-16 were classified and edge-tied to existing ALI maps by Dave Downing.

Source Scale Denominator: 50000

Type of Source Media: CD-ROM

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Multiple Dates/Times:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: 1961 to 1979

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: 2002

Source Currentness Reference: ground condition

Source Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_PPA

Source Contribution: The coverage generated by Parks and Protected Areas for the ALI/CLI landform mapping in the Caribou Mountains area

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Cumulative Environmental Management Association

Publication Date: 2002

Title: Alberta Land Inventory / Canada Land Inventory Landform Mapping - Regional Sustainable Development Strategy

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Source Scale Denominator: 50000

Type of Source Media: CD-ROM

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1961

Ending Date: 1979

Source Currentness Reference: ground condition

Source Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_CEMA

Source Contribution: The coverage generated by the Cumulative Environmental Management Association for the ALI/CLI landform mapping in the Regional Sustainable Development Strategy area

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Title: Alberta Land Inventory / Canada Land Inventory Landform Mapping - Merged Dataset

Source Scale Denominator: 50000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1961

Ending Date: 1979

Source Currentness Reference: ground condition

Source Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND

Source Contribution: This is the merged dataset for the ALI / CLI landform mapping that was created in coverage format.

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Title: Alberta Land Inventory / Canada Land Inventory Landform Mapping - Merged Geodatabase

Source Scale Denominator: 50000

Type of Source Media: disc

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 1961

Ending Date: 1979

Source Currentness Reference: ground condition

Source Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GDB

Source Contribution: This is the merged ALI / CLI landform geodatabase that was generated from the ALI / CLI landform coverage

Process Step:

Process Description: The ALI/CLI landform .tif images were georeferenced and rectified using the Base Features Single Line Network, the Base Features Hydrography Polygons, the Base Features Alberta Township Index Grid and the Base Features National Topographic Service 1:50 000 Grid.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_TIF

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_SLNET

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_HYDROPOLYS

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_NTS

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_ATS

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GEOREF

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The georeferenced rectified ALI/CLI landform .tif images were cleaned and vectorized as individual map tiles. The initial data for the northeast (CEMA data) and the Caribou Mountains (PPA data) were digitized using a heads down method (approximately 100 mapsheets) with the BF Hydropolys and ATS incorporated as a base. The rest of the data were converted using the vectorized georeferenced rectified .tif images.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GEOREF

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_COV

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The individual cleaned and vectorized ALI/CLI landform coverages were merged into a single coverage for each report.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_COV

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_MERGE

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The BF Hydrography Polygons and the BF NTS lines were integrated into the merged ALI/CLI landform coverage. BF Hydrography Polygons and ATS lines were used to close off dangling lines.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_MERGE

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_HYDROPOLYS

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BF_NTS

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_BF

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The ALI/CLI landform coverage was attributed by recording the map polygon symbol in the ORIG_CODE data field and then using an .aml program to parse the captured map symbols into separate data fields.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_BF

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The existing ALI/CLI landform coverages were then standardized and merged. Vectorized map sheet boundaries were dissolved when map symbols and polygons matched between adjacent map sheets.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_PPA

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_CEMA

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The ALI / CLI landform polygons coverage was converted into a file geodatabase and ten degrees transverse mercator fields for area and perimeter were added.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GDB

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The ALI / CLI landform polygon file geodatabase was reviewed for errors and omissions (missing polygons, translation errors, and missing permafrost codes). These issues were fixed and the attribution software was updated to run with ALI/CLI data in geodatabase format. ALI_CLI attribution software (2011) was written using the Python 2.5 programming language and consists of three Python modules (2_ALI_orig_code.py, 3_ALI_GCSE.py, and 4_ALI_SL.py). The data were checked and corrected for invalid geometry, multipart polygons and topology errors (gaps and overlaps).

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GDB

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GDB

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Process Step:

Process Description: The area and perimeter fields were calculated and the ten degrees transverse mercator ALI / CLI landform file geodatabase was loaded into the SDE repository.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_GDB

Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ALI_CLI_LAND_SDE_GDB

Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Spatial Data Organization Information:

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

Point and Vector Object Information:

SDTS Terms Description:

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point and Vector Object Count: 1375

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Planar:

Map Projection:

Transverse Mercator:

Scale Factor at Central Meridian: 0.9992

Longitude of Central Meridian: -115.0

Latitude of Projection Origin: 0.0

False Easting: 500000.0

False Northing: 0.0

Planar Coordinate Information:

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation:

Abscissa Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate Resolution: 0.0001

Planar Distance Units: meter

Geodetic Model:

Horizontal Datum Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: AlbertaLandInventoryAndCanadaLandInventoryLandform

Entity Type Definition: ArcGIS polygon feature class

Entity Type Definition Source: ESRI

Entity Type Type: Feature Class

Entity Type Count: 130272

Attribute:

Attribute Label: OBJECTID

Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source: ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute Alias: OBJECTID

Attribute Type: OID

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 10

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: Shape

Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source: ESRI

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute Alias: SHAPE

Attribute Type: Geometry

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: POLYNO

Attribute Definition: Polygon Number

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 1

Range Domain Maximum: N

Attribute Alias: POLYNO

Attribute Type: Integer

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 10

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SOURCE_FORMAT

Attribute Definition: Source format of original code.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: SOURCE_FORMAT

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 50

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ORIG_CODE

Attribute Definition: Original code from .tif Image

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ORIG_CODE

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 80

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALI_GCSE

Attribute Definition: Parent material label in ALI format. This 'Genetic Composition and Surface Expression' code is based on the original ALI or CLI map.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ALI_PGM

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 20

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI Parent Material (overlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: A

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Alluvial (recent)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: AL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Alluvial-Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ac

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Outwash (coarse)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ae

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Aeolian

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Af

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Outwash (fine)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: O

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Organic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Res

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Residual

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ta

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Ablation Till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Tg

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Till (lodgement)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: TgL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustro-till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: X

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Unknown Parent Geological Material

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI Parent Geological Material (overlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for overlays (PM_O) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI Parent Geological Material (overlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI Parent Geological Material (underlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: A

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Alluvial (recent)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: AL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Alluvial-Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ac

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Outwash (coarse)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ae

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Aeolian

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Af

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Outwash (fine)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Bk

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bedrock

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: O

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Organic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Res

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Residual

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ta

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Ablation Till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Tg

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Till (lodgement)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: TgL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustro-till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: W

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: X

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Unknown Parent Geological Material

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI Parent Geological Material (underlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALIPM_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI Parent Geological Material (underlay)

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ALIPM_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI PGM (underlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD1_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Modifier 1

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvium

Attribute Alias: MOD1_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI PGM (underlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MOD2_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Modifier 2

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: K

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Perennially frozen ground or permafrost

Attribute Alias: MOD2_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary Parent Material (overlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustrine veneer, Morainal veneer, Lacustro-moraine veneer, Fluviolacustrine veneer, Fluvial veneer, Glaciofluvial veneer, Eolian veneer, Bedrock veneer, Organic veneer, Residual veneer, Colluvial veneer, or Unknown veneer. The preceding text may include 'Colluviated', 'Frozen (Permafrost)', or 'Frozen and Colluviated' modifiers for some parent materials.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: May include 'Colluviated', 'Frozen (Permafrost)', or 'Frozen and Colluviated' modifiers for some parent materials

Attribute Alias: PMD_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Parent Material (overlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PMD_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Parent Material (overlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PMD_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary Parent Material (underlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustrine, Morainal, Lacustro-moraine, Fluviolacustrine, Fluvial, Glaciofluvial, Eolian, Bedrock, Organic, Residual, Colluvial, Unknown, or Water. The preceding text may include 'Colluviated', 'Frozen (Permafrost)', or 'Frozen and Colluviated' modifiers for some parent materials.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PMD_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Parent Material (underlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PMD_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PMD_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Parent Material (underlay) PLC Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PMD_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI PGM (overlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary PGM ALI/CLI (overlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COARS_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary ALI/CLI PGM (underlay) Coarse Flag

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Used as a subscript to indicate a sandy or sand-gravel matrix for parent geological materials which are not usually coarse grained. (e.g. Ls, Tas, Tgs, TgLs, ALs, As)

Attribute Alias: COARS_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 1

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary Texture (overlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C to CL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay-clay loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gCL to gSL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-sandy loam with stones

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: CL to L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C to CL to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay-clay loam-silt loam with few pebbles

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: CL to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-silt loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: LS to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: loamy sand-silt loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gS or SI to rS

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sands-gravels or silts to sand stones

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: SI to C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: silts and clays - generally stone-free

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: SI to S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: silt-sand

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: all

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: full range of textures

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: h to f

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sphagnum moss and fibrous peat

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S or gS

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sand or sand-gravel matrix

Attribute Alias: TX_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Texture (overlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TX_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Texture (overlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TX_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_O1

Attribute Definition: Primary Texture (overlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: clay-clay loam veneer, clay loam-sandy loam with stones veneer, clay loam-loam veneer, clay-clay loam-silt loam with few pebbles veneer, clay loam-silt loam veneer, loamy sand-silt loam veneer, sands-gravels or silts to sand stones veneer, silts and clays - generally stone-free veneer, silt-sand veneer, sphagnum moss and fibrous peat veneer, consolidated material veneer, full range of textures veneer, sands or sand-gravel matrix veneer

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_O2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Texture (overlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_O3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Texture (overlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary Texture (underlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C to CL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay-clay loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gCL to gSL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-sandy loam with stones

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: CL to L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C to CL to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay-clay loam-silt loam with few pebbles

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: CL to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: clay loam-silt loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: LS to SIL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: loamy sand-silt loam

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gS or SI to rS

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sands-gravels or silts to sand stones

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: SI to C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: silts and clays - generally stone-free

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: SI to S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: silt-sand

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: all

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: full range of textures

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: h to f

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sphagnum moss and fibrous peat

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S or gS

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: sand or sand-gravel matrix

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: R

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Consolidated material (Bedrock)

Attribute Alias: TX_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_U1

Attribute Definition: Primary Texture (underlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: clay-clay loam, clay loam-sandy loam with stones, clay loam-loam, clay-clay loam-silt loam with few pebbles, clay loam-silt loam, loamy sand-silt loam, sands-gravels or silts to sand stones, silts and clays - generally stone-free, silt-sand, consolidated material, sphagnum moss and fibrous peat, full range of textures, sands or sand-gravel matrix, not applicable

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Texture (underlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TX_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_U2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Texture (underlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TX_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Texture (underlay) Code

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TX_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TXD_U3

Attribute Definition: Tertiary Texture (underlay) Description

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: TXD_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PLC_GCSE

Attribute Definition: Parent material and surface form label in PLC format. This 'Genetic Composition and Surface Expression' code is translated from ALI_GCSE.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PLC_GCSE

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 20

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O1

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for primary overlay (O1). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled-in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for overlays (PM_O) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: A

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Anthropogenic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: B

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bog

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: E

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Eolian

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: F

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: FL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluviolacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: GF

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Glaciofluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: GW

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Glaciomarine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: I

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Ice

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: LT

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustro-Till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: M

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Morainal

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: N

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fen

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: O

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated organic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: P

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Saprolite (Residual)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Swamp

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: U

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated material

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: V

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Volcanic (Tephra)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: W

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Marine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: WA

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water

Attribute Alias: PM_O1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O2

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for secondary overlay (O2). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled-in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for overlays (PM_O) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_O2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O3

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for tertiary overlay (O3). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled-in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for overlays (PM_O) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_O3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O1_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for primary overlay (O1). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for overlays (PM_O_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Anthropogenic

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Anthropogenic materials are artificial or modified by people and include those associated with mineral exploitation and waste disposal. They include materials constructed or deposited by people or geological materials modified by people so that their physical properties (structure, cohesion, compaction) have been drastically altered. These materials commonly possess a wide range of textures. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: areas of landfill, spoil heaps, and open-pit mines.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Bog

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bog deposits consist of sphagnum or forest peat formed in an ombrotrophic environment caused by the slightly elevated nature of the bog. They tend to be disassociated from nutrient-rich ground water or surrounding mineral soils. Near the surface the materials are usually undecomposed (fibric), yellowish to pale brown in color, loose and spongy in consistence and entire sphagnum plants are readily identified. These materials are extremely acid (pH <4.5) and have low bulk density (< 0.075 g/cm3) and very high fibre content (>85% unrubbed and >=40% rubbed). At depths they become darker in color, compacted and somewhat layered. Bogs are associated with slopes or depressions with a water table at or near the surface in the spring and slightly below it during the remainder of the year. They are usually covered with sphagnum but sedges may also grow on them. Bogs may be treed or treeless and are frequently characterized by a layer of ericaceous shrubs.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Colluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvial sediments are massive to moderately well stratified and unsorted to poorly sorted with any range of particle sizes, from clay to boulders, and blocks that have reached their present position by direct, gravity-induced movement. They are restricted to products of mass-wasting whereby the debris is not carried by wind, water or ice (excepting snow avalanches). Processes include slow displacements such as creep and solifluction, and rapid movements such as earth flows, rockslides, avalanches and falls. The process is assumed to be active. Where colluvial materials are derived from an unconsolidated deposit but overlie a different unit or form a discrete surface expression, they will be mapped as colluvial. Colluvial material, which is derived from unconsolidated Quaternary sediments, that overlies and resembles its parent unit will be mapped as the parent unit. Colluvial materials exclude those materials deposited at the base of steep slopes by unconcentrated surface runoff or sheet erosion. Examples: creep, solifluction, earth flows, rockslides, avalanches and falls are processes that produce colluvial materials.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Eolian

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Eolian sediments generally consist of medium to fine sand and coarse silt. They are well sorted, poorly compacted and may show internal structures such as cross bedding or ripple laminae, or may be massive. Individual grains may be rounded and show signs of frosting. These materials have been transported and deposited by wind action. In most cases, the process is assumed to be inactive.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fen

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fen deposits consist of sedge peat derived primarily from sedges with inclusions of partially decayed stems of shrubs formed in a eutrophic environment due to the close association of the material with mineral rich waters. It is usually moderately well to well decomposed, dark brown in color, with fine to medium sized fibres but may be well decomposed and black with fine fibres. Decomposition often becomes greater at lower depths. Fen materials are medium acid to weakly alkaline (pH 5.5-7.5), relatively low in fibre (20-80% unrubbed and 2-25% rubbed) and relatively dense (0.075-0.195 g/cm3). They are associated with relatively open peat lands with a mineral rich water table that persists seasonally at or very near the surface. The materials are covered with a dominant component of sedges but grasses and reeds may be associated in local pools. Sphagnum is usually subordinate or absent and the more exacting mosses are common. Often there is much low to medium height shrub cover and sometimes a sparse layer of trees.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluvial sediments generally consist of gravel and sand with a minor fraction of silt and rarely clay. The gravels are typically rounded and contain interstitial sand. Fluvial sediments are commonly moderate to well sorted and display stratification, but massive, unsorted fluvial gravels do occur. These materials have been transported and deposited by streams and rivers. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: channel deposits, terraces, alluvial fans, and deltas.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fluviolacustrine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluviolacustrine sediments generally consist of stratified fine sand, silt, and clay deposited by streams and rivers. These materials have settled from suspension in small bodies of standing fresh water such as oxbow lakes, or in level to gently undulating fluvial floodplains. Fluviolacustrine materials also include lacustrine deposits that have been reworked by fluvial processes.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition; and on Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Glaciofluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "glaciofluvial" is only used where fluvial materials show clear evidence of having been deposited either directly in front of or in contact with glacier ice. At least one of the following characteristics must be present: 1. Kettles, or otherwise irregular (possibly hummocky or ridged) surface that resulted from the melting of buried or partially buried ice, e.g. pitted outwash, knob and kettle topography.2. Slump structures or their equivalent topographic expression or both indicating partial collapse of a depositional landform due to melting of supporting ice, e.g. kame terrace, delta kame.3. Ice-contact and moulded forms such as gravelly or sandy crevasse fillings and eskers.4. Unsorted and nonbedded gravel of an extreme range of particle sizes, such as results from very rapid aggradation at an ice front, e.g. ice-contact gravels.5. Flowtills.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Glaciomarine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "glaciomarine" is used only where there is clear evidence that materials of glacial origin were laid down in a marine environment but settled through the waters from melting, floating ice and ice shelves. Sediments may be poorly sorted and poorly stratified to unsorted and massive; shells present will generally be whole and in growth positions.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ice

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "ice" includes areas of snow and ice where evidence of active glacier movement is present within the boundary of the defined unit area. Ice movement is indicated by features such as crevasses, supraglacial moraines, icefalls and ogives. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: cirque glaciers, mountain ice fields, valley and piedmont glaciers.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine sediments generally consist of either stratified fine sand, silt and clay deposited on the lake bed; or moderately well sorted and stratified sand and coarser materials that are beach and other near shore sediments transported and deposited by wave action. These materials have either settled from suspension in bodies of standing fresh water or have accumulated at their margins through wave action. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: lake sediments and beaches.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustro-Till

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The terms "lacustro-till" or "glaciolacustrine" are used where there is evidence that the lacustrine materials were deposited in contact with glacial ice. One of the following characteristics must be present: 1) Kettles or an otherwise irregular surface that is not simply the result of normal settling and compaction in silt or the result of piping; 2) Slump structures resulting from loss of support due to melting of retaining ice; or 3) Presence of numerous ice-rafted stones in the lacustrine silts.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Marine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Marine deposits are unconsolidated materials consisting of clay, silt, sand, or gravel that have settled from suspension in salt or brackish water bodies or have accumulated at their margins through shoreline processes such as wave action and longshore drift. Marine deposits are well to moderately well sorted and well stratified to moderately stratified (in some places containing shells). Non-fossiliferous deposits may be judged marine, if they are located in an area that might reasonably be considered to have contained salt water at the time the deposits were formed. The process is assumed to be inactive.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Meltwater channels

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "meltwater channel" is used to indicate the presence of glacial melt water channels in a unit where they are too small or too numerous or both to show individually by an on-site symbol.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Morainal

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Morainal sediments generally consist of well compacted material that is not stratified and contains a heterogeneous mixture of particle sizes. It commonly comprises a mixture of sand, silt and clay that has been transported beneath, beside, on, within and in front of a glacier and not modified by any intermediate agent. Examples: basal till (ground moraine), lateral and terminal moraines, rubbly moraines of cirque glaciers, hummocky ice-disintegration moraines, and pre-existing, unconsolidated sediments reworked by a glacier so that their original character is largely or completely destroyed.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Saprolite (Residual)

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Saprolite material is rock and contains a high proportion of residual silts and clays formed by alteration, chiefly by chemical weathering. The rock remains in a coherent state, interstitial grain relationships are undisturbed and no downhill movement due to gravity has occurred. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: rotten rock containing corestones.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Swamp

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Swamps are forest peat covered or forest peat filled areas where the water table is at or above the peat surface. The dominant peat materials are shallow to deep mesic to humic forest and fen peat formed in a eutrophic environment resulting from strong water movement from the margins or other mineral sources. The peat is usually moderately well to well decomposed and has a dark brown to reddish brown matrix; the more decomposed materials are black in color. It has an amorphous or very fine fibre structure and somewhat layered macrostructure and contains a random distribution of coarse to medium sized woody fragments. There may be layers of larger woody particles consisting of stems, roots and trunks of coniferous tree species. Forest peat materials are usually base saturated and medium acid to weakly alkaline (pH 5.5-7.5); the matrix material is relatively dense (>=0.075 g/cm3) and density increases with depth. The fibre content is intermediate between sphagnum and fen peats (about 55% unrubbed and 10% rubbed). These materials are associated with stream courses, lake edges, subsurface drainage, glacial depressions, and bog margins. Standing to gently flowing water occurs seasonally or persists for long periods on the surface. The substrate is usually continually waterlogged. The vegetation cover may consist of coniferous or deciduous trees, tall shrubs, herbs and mosses. In some regions sphagnum mosses may be abundant.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Undifferentiated material

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated material is either unclassified or consists of a layered sequence of more than three types of genetic material outcropping on a steep erosional escarpment. This complex class is to be used where units relating to individual genetic materials cannot be delimited separately at the scale of mapping. It may include colluvium derived from the various genetic materials and resting upon the scarp slope.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Undifferentiated organic

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated organics meet the criteria for bog, fen, swamp, or marsh. This category may also include poor to very poorly drained mineral soils, with or without peaty overlays.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Volcanic (Tephra)

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Volcanic deposits consist of unconsolidated pyroclastic sediments. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: volcanic dust, ash, cinders, and pumice.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Water

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water

Attribute Alias: PM_O1_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

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Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O2_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for secondary overlay (O2). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for overlays (PM_O_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_O2_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_O3_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for tertiary overlay (O3). An overlay is one type of parent material over another within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. Overlay fields (O1, O2, O3) are only filled in if there is more than one parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface. If there is only one type of parent material within 2-3 feet of the soil surface, it is recorded as an underlay (U1, U2, U3). Bedrock is not permitted as an overlay.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for overlays (PM_O_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_O3_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U1

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for primary underlay (U1).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for underlays (PM_U) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: A

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Anthropogenic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: B

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bog

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: E

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Eolian

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: F

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: FL

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluviolacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: GF

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Glaciofluvial

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: GE

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Meltwater channels

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: GW

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Glaciomarine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: I

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Ice

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: L

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: LT

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustro-Till

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: M

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Morainal

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: N

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fen

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: O

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated organic

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: P

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Saprolite (Residual)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: R

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bedrock

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Swamp

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: U

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated material

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: V

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Volcanic (Tephra)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: W

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Marine

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: WA

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water

Attribute Alias: PM_U1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U2

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for secondary underlay (U2).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for underlays (PM_U) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_U2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U3

Attribute Definition: Parent material codes for tertiary Underlay (U3).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material code set for underlays (PM_U) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_U3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U1_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for primary underlay (U1).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for underlays (PM_U_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Anthropogenic

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Anthropogenic materials are artificial or modified by people and include those associated with mineral exploitation and waste disposal. They include materials constructed or deposited by people or geological materials modified by people so that their physical properties (structure, cohesion, compaction) have been drastically altered. These materials commonly possess a wide range of textures. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: areas of landfill, spoil heaps, and open-pit mines.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Bog

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Bog deposits consist of sphagnum or forest peat formed in an ombrotrophic environment caused by the slightly elevated nature of the bog. They tend to be disassociated from nutrient-rich ground water or surrounding mineral soils. Near the surface the materials are usually undecomposed (fibric), yellowish to pale brown in color, loose and spongy in consistence and entire sphagnum plants are readily identified. These materials are extremely acid (pH <4.5) and have low bulk density (< 0.075 g/cm3) and very high fibre content (>85% unrubbed and >=40% rubbed). At depths they become darker in color, compacted and somewhat layered. Bogs are associated with slopes or depressions with a water table at or near the surface in the spring and slightly below it during the remainder of the year. They are usually covered with sphagnum but sedges may also grow on them. Bogs may be treed or treeless and are frequently characterized by a layer of ericaceous shrubs.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Colluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Colluvial sediments are massive to moderately well stratified and unsorted to poorly sorted with any range of particle sizes, from clay to boulders, and blocks that have reached their present position by direct, gravity-induced movement. They are restricted to products of mass-wasting whereby the debris is not carried by wind, water or ice (excepting snow avalanches). Processes include slow displacements such as creep and solifluction, and rapid movements such as earth flows, rockslides, avalanches and falls. The process is assumed to be active. Where colluvial materials are derived from an unconsolidated deposit but overlie a different unit or form a discrete surface expression, they will be mapped as colluvial. Colluvial material, which is derived from unconsolidated Quaternary sediments, that overlies and resembles its parent unit will be mapped as the parent unit. Colluvial materials exclude those materials deposited at the base of steep slopes by unconcentrated surface runoff or sheet erosion. Examples: creep, solifluction, earth flows, rockslides, avalanches and falls are processes that produce colluvial materials.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Eolian

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Eolian sediments generally consist of medium to fine sand and coarse silt. They are well sorted, poorly compacted and may show internal structures such as cross bedding or ripple laminae, or may be massive. Individual grains may be rounded and show signs of frosting. These materials have been transported and deposited by wind action. In most cases, the process is assumed to be inactive.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fen

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fen deposits consist of sedge peat derived primarily from sedges with inclusions of partially decayed stems of shrubs formed in a eutrophic environment due to the close association of the material with mineral rich waters. It is usually moderately well to well decomposed, dark brown in color, with fine to medium sized fibres but may be well decomposed and black with fine fibres. Decomposition often becomes greater at lower depths. Fen materials are medium acid to weakly alkaline (pH 5.5-7.5), relatively low in fibre (20-80% unrubbed and 2-25% rubbed) and relatively dense (0.075-0.195 g/cm3). They are associated with relatively open peat lands with a mineral rich water table that persists seasonally at or very near the surface. The materials are covered with a dominant component of sedges but grasses and reeds may be associated in local pools. Sphagnum is usually subordinate or absent and the more exacting mosses are common. Often there is much low to medium height shrub cover and sometimes a sparse layer of trees.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluvial sediments generally consist of gravel and sand with a minor fraction of silt and rarely clay. The gravels are typically rounded and contain interstitial sand. Fluvial sediments are commonly moderately to well sorted and display stratification, but massive, unsorted fluvial gravels do occur. These materials have been transported and deposited by streams and rivers. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: channel deposits, terraces, alluvial fans, and deltas.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Fluviolacustrine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Fluviolacustrine sediments generally consist of stratified fine sand, silt, and clay deposited by streams and rivers. These materials have settled from suspension in small bodies of standing fresh water such as oxbow lakes, or in level to gently undulating fluvial floodplains. Fluviolacustrine materials also include lacustrine deposits that have been reworked by fluvial processes.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition; and on Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Glaciofluvial

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "glaciofluvial" is only used where fluvial materials show clear evidence of having been deposited either directly in front of or in contact with glacier ice. At least one of the following characteristics must be present.1. Kettles, or otherwise irregular (possibly hummocky or ridged) surface that resulted from the melting of buried or partially buried ice, e.g. pitted outwash, knob and kettle topography.2. Slump structures or their equivalent topographic expression or both indicating partial collapse of a depositional landform due to melting of supporting ice, e.g. kame terrace, delta kame.3. Ice-contact and moulded forms such as gravelly or sandy crevasse fillings and eskers.4. Unsorted and nonbedded gravel of an extreme range of particle sizes, such as results from very rapid aggradation at an ice front, e.g. ice-contact gravels.5. Flowtills.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Glaciomarine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "glaciomarine" is used only where there is clear evidence that materials of glacial origin were laid down in a marine environment but settled through the waters from melting, floating ice and ice shelves. Sediments may be poorly sorted and poorly stratified to unsorted and massive; shells present will generally be whole and in growth positions.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Ice

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "ice" includes areas of snow and ice where evidence of active glacier movement is present within the boundary of the defined unit area. Ice movement is indicated by features such as crevasses, supraglacial moraines, icefalls and ogives. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: cirque glaciers, mountain icefields, valley and piedmont glaciers.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustrine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Lacustrine sediments generally consist of either stratified fine sand, silt and clay deposited on the lake bed; or moderately well sorted and stratified sand and coarser materials that are beach and other nearshore sediments transported and deposited by wave action. These materials have either settled from suspension in bodies of standing fresh water or have accumulated at their margins through wave action. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: lake sediments and beaches.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Lacustro-Till

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The terms "lacustro-till" or "glaciolacustrine" are used where there is evidence that the lacustrine materials were deposited in contact with glacial ice. One of the following characteristics must be present: 1) Kettles or an otherwise irregular surface that is not simply the result of normal settling and compaction in silt or the result of piping; 2) Slump structures resulting from loss of support due to melting of retaining ice; or 3) Presence of numerous ice-rafted stones in the lacustrine silts.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Marine

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Marine deposits are unconsolidated materials consisting of clay, silt, sand, or gravel that have settled from suspension in salt or brackish water bodies or have accumulated at their margins through shoreline processes such as wave action and longshore drift. Marine deposits are well to moderately well sorted and well stratified to moderately stratified (in some places containing shells). Nonfossiliferous deposits may be judged marine, if they are located in an area that might reasonably be considered to have contained salt water at the time the deposits were formed. The process is assumed to be inactive.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Meltwater channels

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The term "meltwater channel" is used to indicate the presence of glacial meltwater channels in a unit where they are too small or too numerous or both to show individually by an on-site symbol.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Morainal

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Morainal sediments generally consist of well compacted material that is nonstratified and contains a heterogeneous mixture of particle sizes. It commonly comprises a mixture of sand, silt and clay that has been transported beneath, beside, on, within and in front of a glacier and not modified by any intermediate agent. Examples: basal till (ground moraine), lateral and terminal moraines, rubbly moraines of cirque glaciers, hummocky ice-disintegration moraines, and pre-existing, unconsolidated sediments reworked by a glacier so that their original character is largely or completely destroyed.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Rock (Bedrock)

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Consolidated component (bedrock) comprised of materials that are tightly packed or indurated. This includes igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary and consolidated volcanic rocks.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Saprolite (Residual)

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Residual materials consist of unconsolidated rock materials, from clays to boulders in grain size, formed by physical and chemical weathering of in situ bedrock. It is formed in place by the decomposition of rocks like those on which it lies. Saprolite is residual material which contains a high proportion of residual silts and clays formed by alteration, chiefly by chemical weathering. The rock remains in a coherent state, interstitial grain relationships are undisturbed and no downhill movement due to gravity has occurred. The process is assumed to be active. Examples: rotten rock containing corestones. The dictionary of Geological Terms (Third edition) defines saprolite as soft, earthy, clay-rich thoroughly decomposed rock formed in place by chemical weathering of igneous or metamorphic rocks, esp. in humid or tropical or subtropical climates. The color is commonly red or brown. Saprolite is characterized by preservation of structures that were present in the un-weathered rock.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition; Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.; and Robert L Bates and Julia A Jackson (Editors). 1984. Dictionary of Geological Terms: Third Edition. American Geological Institute.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Swamp

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Swamps are forest peat covered or forest peat filled areas where the water table is at or above the peat surface. The dominant peat materials are shallow to deep mesic to humic forest and fen peat formed in a eutrophic environment resulting from strong water movement from the margins or other mineral sources. The peat is usually moderately well to well decomposed and has a dark brown to reddish brown matrix; the more decomposed materials are black in color. It has an amorphous or very fine fibre structure and somewhat layered macrostructure and contains a random distribution of coarse to medium sized woody fragments. There may be layers of larger woody particles consisting of stems, roots and trunks of coniferous tree species. Forest peat materials are usually base saturated and medium acid to weakly alkaline (pH 5.5-7.5); the matrix material is relatively dense (>=0.075 g/cm3) and density increases with depth. The fibre content is intermediate between sphagnum and fen peats (about 55% unrubbed and 10% rubbed). These materials are associated with stream courses, lake edges, subsurface drainage, glacial depressions, and bog margins. Standing to gently flowing waters occur seasonally or persist for long periods on the surface. The substrate is usually continually waterlogged. The vegetation cover may consist of coniferous or deciduous trees, tall shrubs, herbs and mosses. In some regions sphagnum mosses may be abundant.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Undifferentiated material

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated material is either unclassified or consists of a layered sequence of more than three types of genetic material outcropping on a steep erosional escarpment. This complex class is to be used where units relating to individual genetic materials cannot be delimited separately at the scale of mapping. It may include colluvium derived from the various genetic materials and resting upon the scarp slope.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Undifferentiated organic

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undifferentiated organics meet the criteria for bog, fen, swamp, or marsh. This category may also include poor to very poorly drained mineral soils, with or without peaty overlays.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on Resource Data Branch, 2003. Ecological Land Survey Site Description Manual (2nd Edition). RIB Pub. No. 861. 132 pp.

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Volcanic (Tephra)

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Volcanic deposits consist of unconsolidated pyroclastic sediments. The process is assumed to be inactive. Examples: volcanic dust, ash, cinders, and pumice.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Based on the Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd Edition

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Water

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water

Attribute Alias: PM_U1_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U2_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for secondary underlay (U2).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for underlays (PM_U_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_U2_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PM_U3_D

Attribute Definition: Parent material code descriptions for tertiary underlay (U3).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Parent material descriptions for underlays (PM_U_D) in PLC format

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: PM_U3_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 60

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ORIG_T

Attribute Definition: Texture code in PLC format (translated from ALI_GCSE).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: ORIG_T

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 15

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ORIG_SA

Attribute Definition: Slope and aspect label in the legend format of the original map.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: ORIG_SA

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 10

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: CLI_SL

Attribute Definition: Slope label in Canada Land Inventory format.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: CLI_SL

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 10

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALI_SL

Attribute Definition: Slope label in Alberta Land Inventory format

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: ALI_SL

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 10

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PLC_SL

Attribute Definition: Slope label in Physical Land Classification format

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Alias: PLC_SL

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 10

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALI_SL1

Attribute Definition: Primary ALI/CLI Slope Class

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: l

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level to gently undulating (0-2 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: u

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undulating (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gently rolling (5-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: mr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderately rolling (9-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: sr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strongly rolling (15-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: h

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Hilly (30-60 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: vh

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very hilly (60 % and up)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: na

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not applicable

Attribute Alias: ALI_SL1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PLC_SL1

Attribute Definition: Primary PLC Slope Class

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 1-2

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level to nearly level (0-2.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 3

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very gentle slopes (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 4

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gentle slopes (6-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 5

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderate slopes (10-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 6

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strong slopes (16-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 7-8

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very strong slopes to extreme slopes (31-70 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 9-10

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Steep slopes to very steep slopes (71 % and up)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: na

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not applicable

Attribute Alias: PLC_SL1

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PROP1

Attribute Definition: Primary Slope Class Proportion

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 1

Range Domain Maximum: 100

Attribute Alias: PROP1

Attribute Type: SmallInteger

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 5

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ALI_SL2

Attribute Definition: Secondary ALI/CLI Slope Class

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: l

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level to gently undulating (0-2 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: u

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undulating (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gently rolling (5-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: mr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderately rolling (9-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: sr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strongly rolling (15-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: h

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Hilly (30-60 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: vh

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very hilly (60 % and up)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: na

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not applicable

Attribute Alias: ALI_SL2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PLC_SL2

Attribute Definition: Secondary PLC Slope Class

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 1-2

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level to nearly level (0-2.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 3

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very gentle slopes (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 4

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gentle slopes (6-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 5

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderate slopes (10-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 6

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strong slopes (16-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 7-8

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very strong slopes to extreme slopes (31-70 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 9-10

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Steep slopes to very steep slopes (71 % and up)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: na

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not applicable

Attribute Alias: PLC_SL2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 4

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PROP2

Attribute Definition: Secondary Slope Class Proportion

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 1

Range Domain Maximum: 100

Attribute Alias: PROP2

Attribute Type: SmallInteger

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 5

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE1_CLS

Attribute Definition: Primary slope class code. Complex slopes are coded from 1 to 10, whereas simple slopes are coded from A to J.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope class code set (SLOPE_CLS)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '1','A'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level (0-0.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '2','B'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Nearly level (0.5-2.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '3','C'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very gentle slopes (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '4','D'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gentle slopes (6-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '5','E'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderate slopes (10-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '6','F'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strong slopes (16-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '7','G'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very strong slopes (31-45 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '8','H'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Extreme slopes (46-70 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '9','I'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Steep slopes (71-100%)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: '10','J'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very steep slopes (100% and up)

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: l

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Level to gently undulating (0-2 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: u

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Undulating (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: gr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Gently rolling (5-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: mr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderately rolling (9-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: sr

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Strongly rolling (15-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: h

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Hilly (30-60 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: vh

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Very hilly (60 % and up)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: na

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not applicable

Attribute Alias: SLOPE1_CLS

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE2_CLS

Attribute Definition: Secondary slope class code. Complex slopes are coded from 1 to 10, whereas simple slopes are coded from A to J.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope class code set (SLOPE_CLS)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: SLOPE2_CLS

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE3_CLS

Attribute Definition: Tertiary slope class code. Complex slopes are coded from 1 to 10, whereas simple slopes are coded from A to J.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope class code set (SLOPE_CLS)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: SLOPE3_CLS

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SL_1REL2

Attribute Definition: Relative proportion of components based on slope. Symbol indicates the relative proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary slope class components.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: =

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Components on either side of this symbol are approximately equal; each represents 45-55% of the area.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: /

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The component in front of this symbol is more abundant than the one that follows; the first represents 55-70% of the area and the second 30-45%.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: //

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The component in front of the symbol is considerably more abundant than the component that follows; the first represents 70-90% and the second 10-30%.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Attribute Alias: SL1_REL2

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE1_MIN

Attribute Definition: Lower limit of primary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE_MIN

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE2_MIN

Attribute Definition: Lower limit of secondary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE2_MIN

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE3_MIN

Attribute Definition: Lower limit of tertiary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE3_MIN

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE1_MAX

Attribute Definition: Upper limit of primary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE1_MAX

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE2_MAX

Attribute Definition: Upper limit of secondary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE2_MAX

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE3_MAX

Attribute Definition: Upper limit of tertiary slope class (percent gradient).

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 999

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE3_MAX

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE1_D

Attribute Definition: Primary slope class description.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope gradient descriptions (SLOPE_D)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Level (0-0.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Nearly level (0.5-2.5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Very gentle slopes (2-5 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Gentle slopes (6-9 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Moderate slopes (10-15 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Strong slopes (16-30 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Very strong slopes (31-45 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Extreme slopes (46-70 %)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Steep slopes (71-100%)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: Very steep slopes (100% and up)

Attribute Alias: SLOPE1_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 40

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE2_D

Attribute Definition: Secondary slope class description.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope gradient descriptions (SLOPE_D)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: SLOPE2_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 40

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE3_D

Attribute Definition: Tertiary slope class description.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Codeset Domain:

Codeset Name: Slope gradient descriptions (SLOPE_D)

Codeset Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: SLOPE3_D

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 40

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SL_2REL3

Attribute Definition: Relative proportion of components based on slope. Symbol indicates the relative proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary slope class components.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: =

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Components on either side of this symbol are approximately equal; each represents 45-55% of the area.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: /

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The component in front of this symbol is more abundant than the one that follows; the first represents 55-70% of the area and the second 30-45%.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: //

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: The component in front of the symbol is considerably more abundant than the component that follows; the first represents 70-90% and the second 10-30%.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: RIB#304 Physical Land Classification Methodology (S.S. Kocaoglu, 1990)

Attribute Alias: SL_2REL3

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE1_P

Attribute Definition: Percent of polygon area occupied by the first slope class.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 40

Range Domain Maximum: 100

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Measurement Resolution: 10 percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE1_P

Attribute Type: SmallInteger

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 5

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE2_P

Attribute Definition: Percent of polygon area occupied by the second slope class.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 50

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Measurement Resolution: 10 percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE2_P

Attribute Type: SmallInteger

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 5

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SLOPE3_P

Attribute Definition: Percent of polygon area occupied by the third slope class.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Range Domain:

Range Domain Minimum: 0

Range Domain Maximum: 30

Attribute Units of Measure: percent

Attribute Measurement Resolution: 10 percent

Attribute Alias: SLOPE3_P

Attribute Type: SmallInteger

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 5

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ORIG_SSD

Attribute Definition: Soil taxonomy code and soil drainage code from the original map.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: All combinations

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Physical Land Classification (PLC) Conversion Modifications

Attribute Alias: ORIG_SSD

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 40

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ERROR_OUTPUT

Attribute Definition: Issues identified during automated conversion of ORIG_GCSE, ORIG_T, ORIG_SA and ORIG_SSD.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Free text

Attribute Alias: ERROR_OUTPUT

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 160

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AUDIT_ISSUES

Attribute Definition: Issues identified by automated quality control / quality assurance check.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: AUDIT_ISSUES

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 160

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: GEOSPATIAL_ISSUES

Attribute Definition: Geospatial issues identified by the reviewer during the quality control / quality assurance check.

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Physical Land Classification (PLC) Polygon Dataset Specifications

Attribute Alias: GEOSPATIAL_ISSUES

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 160

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ISL_FLAG

Attribute Definition: Flag identifying islands in lakes

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 'ISL'

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Island

Attribute Alias: ISL_FLAG

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 3

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: NO_LBL

Attribute Definition: Flag identifying polygons that had no label

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: No Label

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: No polygon map symbol on the original map.

Attribute Alias: NO_LBL

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: CODEPROB

Attribute Definition: Code problem

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 1

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: More than 1 layer

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 2

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: incorrect code on mapsheet

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 3

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Edge-matching issue: labels not consistent across tile boundary

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 4

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: no slope

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 5

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: 2 labels

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 6

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Edge-matching issue: no line to match

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: 7

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: illegal code on mapsheet

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: m

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: undifferentiated parent material

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value: o

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: undifferentiated organics

Attribute Alias: CODEPROB

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 2

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AREA_SQKM_TTM

Attribute Definition: Polygon area in square kilometres calculated in Ten Degrees Transverse Mercator (500 000 metre false easting) North American Datum 1983 Canadian National Transformation

Attribute Definition Source: RIMB 2010

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers.

Attribute Alias: AREA_SQKM_TTM

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PERIMETER_KM_TTM

Attribute Definition: Polygon perimeter in kilometres calculated in Ten Degrees Transverse Mercator (500 000 metre false easting) North American Datum 1983 Canadian National Transformation

Attribute Definition Source: RIMB 2010

Attribute Domain Values:

Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers.

Attribute Alias: PERIMETER_KM_TTM

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 8

Attribute Precision: 38

Attribute Scale: 8

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COMMENTS

Attribute Definition: Comments

Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform .tif Image to ArcInfo Coverage Specifications and Conversion Manual

Attribute Domain Values:

Enumerated Domain:

Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Free text

Attribute Alias: COMMENTS

Attribute Type: String

Attribute Width: 30

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: GLOBALID

Attribute Definition: Global identifier assigned and maintained by the system

Attribute Definition Source: ESRI

Attribute Alias: GLOBALID

Attribute Type: GlobalID

Attribute Width: 38

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute Alias: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 0

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute Alias: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute Type: Double

Attribute Width: 0

Attribute Precision: 0

Attribute Scale: 0

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact Information:

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Address: 14th Floor, Oxbridge Place

Address: 9820 - 106 Street NW

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Hours: 08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday

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Fees: This product is fee free under the Open Government Licence - Alberta

Turnaround: Direct download

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Format Name: ESRI Shapefile

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File Decompression Technique: File compression technology shall be utilized when required

Digital Transfer Option:

Online Option:

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Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Format Name: ESRI File Geodatabase

Format Specification: ESRI File Geodatabase

File Decompression Technique: File compression technology shall be utilized when required

Digital Transfer Option:

Online Option:

Access Instructions: For any issues encountered with downloading this product from the FTP site, please contact the Distributor Contact via the Email address or telephone number.

Technical Prerequisites: To utilize digital information, specialized graphics or GIS software (i.e. ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcGIS, or MicroStation) may be required.

Available Time Period:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: Monday to Sunday

Time of Day: 24 hours

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20171031

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta

Contact Position: Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics, Corporate Services Division

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 14th Floor, Oxbridge Place

Address: 9820 - 106 Street NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T5K 2J6

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: 7804225117

Contact Facsimile Telephone: 7804220712

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Hours: 08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday

Contact Instructions: This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, metadata for the data set. Queries about the creation and/or characteristics of the metadata submitted through facsimile or electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics Branch, Corporate Services Division; Dataset: Alberta Land Inventory (ALI) and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Landform". For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this metadata record.

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention: local time

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ESRI Metadata

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