Abstract: The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 17 of the Atlas, Paleographic Evolution of the Western Canada Foreland Basin, Figure 13, Belly River (and Equivalents) Paleogeography. Shapefiles were produced from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06 to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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AGS Information Manager
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(780) 638-4491
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(780) 422-1918
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Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T6B 2X3
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Canada
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AGS-Info@aer.ca
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Belly River (and Equivalents) Paleogeography (GIS data, line features)
Date:
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2008-01-01
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Smith, D.G.
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Abstract:
The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin was designed primarily as a reference volume
documenting the subsurface geology of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. This GIS dataset is one of a
collection of shapefiles representing part of Chapter 17 of the Atlas, Paleographic Evolution of the Western
Canada Foreland Basin, Figure 13, Belly River (and Equivalents) Paleogeography. Shapefiles were produced
from archived digital files created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s, and edited in 2005-06
to correct, attribute and consolidate the data into single files by feature type and by figure.
Purpose:
For incorporating Atlas data into a Geographic Information System at a regional scale.
Credit:
A. Lytviak, E.J. Waters, N. Blundon, K. Miller, N. Crann
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completed
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Alberta Geological Survey
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AGS Information Manager
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Voice:
(780) 638-4491
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(780) 422-1918
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Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
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8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta
Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open
Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological
Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references
to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our
releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
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Citation:
Title:
Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Date:
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Date:
1994-01-01
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Alberta Research Council
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Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
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originator
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Edmonton
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Alberta, Canada
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Compiled by Grant Mossop and Irina Shetsen.
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source publication date
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1994-01-01
Supplemental Information:
In English.
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Feature catalogue description:
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false
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Attributes encapsulate the title and legend details of the figure.
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Distribution:
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of service:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Role code:
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Online:
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URL:
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Name:
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Name of measure:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Measure description:
Evaluation method description:
This dataset is part of a regional study covering nearly one and a half million square kilometres.
Accordingly, the data should only be used to provide geological context information at a regional scale.
Figures from different chapters of the Atlas were prepared by different authors, and no effort has been
made by AGS to distinguish which shapefiles may be of greater or less relative positional accuracy. We
estimate that the relative positional accuracy averages +/- 10 km for the files. This estimate does not
take into account the accuracy of the original works, which have not been quantified.
Result:
Quantitative result:
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Identifier:
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Report:
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unknown
Report:
Completeness omission:
Evaluation method description:
The Geological Atlas is a study of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin based upon a well density of one
well per Township (36 square miles or 93 square km). Users are encouraged to consult relevant parts of
the Atlas to obtain specific methodology information for datasets of interest.
Result:
unknown
Report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure description:
This shapefile may contain overlaps and gaps between what are intended to be logically contiguous
polygons. Where gaps were larger than approximately 100 m, polygons were edited to snap shared
boundaries together. However, not all gaps and overlaps were corrected. Logical inconsistencies are also
known to exist among datasets from different chapters of the Atlas itself. For example, stratigraphic
surfaces may intersect or overlap incorrectly; stratigraphically lower horizons crop out above certain
units, and vice versa. This is a function of different authors of the Atlas modelling their data in
isolation from others, and no attempt was made by the Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) to correct these
types of deficiencies.
Result:
unknown
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The Geological Atlas is a study of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin based upon a well density of one
well per Township (36 square miles or 93 square km). Users are encouraged to consult relevant parts of
the Atlas to obtain specific methodology information for datasets of interest.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Data were archived in digital form by AGS, in geographic coordinate-based ascii files. The files were
reformated into ArcGenerate ascii files, using the ID field for the elevation attribute, then
converted to shapefiles using FME 2002. An elevation field was created and the ID field was copied
over then dropped. Shapefiles were shifted from NAD27 to NAD83 using FME 2002, which references the
NTv2 grid file. All processing was done in batch mode.
Date and time:
2003-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
This file was generated as part of a batch of 349 shapefiles that were deemed to be of interest for
conversion to GIS format. 188 figures/maps are represented by these shapefiles. Source data for the
batch conversion project were in one of three types: 1) georeferenced digital ASCII files previously
converted into shapefile format; 2) non-georeferenced, graphics format (.wmf); and 3) paper maps.
Type 1 shapefile data were checked for completeness of line and polygon features, edited, then
attributed with the figure title and individual feature descriptions given in the map legends. Type
2 data followed the same workflow as Type 1, except that the figures were first converted to DXF
format then transformed using ArcInfo into real-world coordinates. The relatively few maps of Type 3
were scanned into image format, digitized in heads-up mode, then handled the same as Type 2 data. A
quality-checking system was used to track the status of each figure and file as the work proceeded.
Check plots of each map at the respective source map scale and projection and were compared to
originals by the supervising geologist (M. Grobe). Errors were flagged and subsequently corrected.
Once the data had been thoroughly checked, the shapefiles were projected into geographic
coordinates, NAD 83 datum.
ArcMap layer files were created to render the shapefile data as they appear in the Geological Atlas.
This step served to further the quality control for the data. Minor edits were required to about 10
shapefiles in order to symbolize them as they appear in the Atlas.
Date and time:
2006-01-01T00:00:00
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otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
unknown
Maintenance note:
This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2
transform.
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of service:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Role:
Role code:
custodian
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