Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator

Originator: Alberta Geological Survey

Originator: Utting, D.J.

Publication Date: 2023

Title:

Modelled Surfaces of Quaternary Units in the North Athabasca Oil Sands (NAOS) Region (gridded data, ASCII format)

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Digital Data

Issue Identification: DIG 2023-0017

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey

Online Linkage: https://ags.aer.ca/document/DIG/DIG_2023_0017.zip

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset comprises modelled elevation surfaces of Quaternary sediment units in the North Athabasca Oil Sands (NAOS) region in northeastern Alberta. These include the basal sand units in the Willow, Birch, and Alder buried channels on the McKay Plain, as well as the Pemmican valley on Muskeg Mountain. On the north bank of the Clearwater River is a broad basal Steepbank sand unit. A clay unit and overlying sand are also modelled for this area. Till units 1 though 5, identified in core by previous work, were modelled for Muskeg Mountain. A near-surface sand unit was also modelled.

Purpose:

To provide a model of elevation values of the near-surface Quaternary units in the North Athabasca Oil Sands (NAOS) region.

Supplemental Information: Language: In English;

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 2022

Ending Date: 2023

Currentness Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -112.72047

East Bounding Coordinate: -111.898587

North Bounding Coordinate: 56.993078

South Bounding Coordinate: 56.710953

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none

Theme Keyword: buried channels

Theme Keyword: buried valleys

Theme Keyword: channel deposits

Theme Keyword: geology

Theme Keyword: quaternary geology

Theme Keyword: raster grid

Theme Keyword: shallow aquifers

Theme Keyword: till

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: none

Place Keyword: 74d

Place Keyword: 84a

Place Keyword: alberta

Place Keyword: athabasca oil sands area

Place Keyword: athabasca river

Place Keyword: canada

Place Keyword: clearwater river

Place Keyword: firebag river

Place Keyword: mcmurray

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.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: AGS Information Manager

Contact Position: AGS Information Manager

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 638-4491

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1459

Contact 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.

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator

Originator: Alberta Geological Survey

Originator: Utting, D.J.

Publication Date: 2023

Title:

Quaternary Unit Picks in the North Athabasca Oil Sands (NAOS) Region (tabular data, tab-delimited format)

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Digital Data

Issue Identification: DIG 2023-0018

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey

Online Linkage: https://ags.aer.ca/document/DIG/DIG_2023_0018.zip

Data Quality Information:

Logical Consistency Report:

Data were checked so that surfaces do not cut beneath bedrock or rise above the ground surface (Altalis, 2017).

Completeness Report:

The surfaces represent the extent to which units could be mapped. Limited data for the numbered tills on Muskeg Mountain limited the extent of those units to that area, they may be more extensive.

Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

See AGS DIG 2023-0018 for details on the horizontal accuracy of the input elevation point data used for modelling of the surfaces.

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Vertical Positional Accuracy Report:

See AGS DIG 2023-0018 for details on the vertical accuracy of the input elevation point data used for modelling of the surfaces.

Lineage:

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator

Originator: Alberta Geological Survey

Publication Date: 2020

Title: Bedrock Topography of Alberta, Version 2 (gridded data, ASCII format)

Edition: v.2

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Digital Data

Issue Identification: DIG 2020-0022

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta

Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey

Other Citation Details: Scale 1:1 million

Online Linkage: https://ags.aer.ca/document/DIG/DIG_2020_0022.zip

Source Scale Denominator: 0

Type of Source Media: online

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 202210

Ending Date: 202305

Source Currentness Reference: Publication date.

Source Citation Abbreviation: Atkinson et al., 2020

Source Contribution: Used for the bedrock topography values.

Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator

Originator: Alberta Geological Survey

Originator: Utting, D.J.

Publication Date: 2023

Title:

Quaternary Unit Picks in the North Athabasca Oil Sands (NAOS) Region (tabular data, tab-delimited format)

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Digital Data

Issue Identification: DIG 2023-0018

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey

Online Linkage: https://ags.aer.ca/document/DIG/DIG_2023_0018.zip

Source Scale Denominator: 0

Type of Source Media: online

Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 202210

Ending Date: 202305

Source Currentness Reference: Publication date.

Source Citation Abbreviation: DIG 2023-0018

Source Contribution: Unit picks used to model surfaces.

Process Step:

Process Description:

Geological unit picks (DIG 2023-0018) were modelled by simple kriging in ArcMap 10.8.1. The extents of the subsurface units were determined by interpretation of well log data, and/or intersection of the modelled unit surface with the bedrock (DIG 2020-0022) and ground surfaces (AGS 76-48).

Process Date: 2023

Spatial Data Organization Information:

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Raster

Raster Object Information:

Raster Object Type: Pixel

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Planar:

Map Projection:

Map Projection Name: NAD 1983 Transverse Mercator

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

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: AGS Information Manager

Contact Position: AGS Information Manager

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 638-4491

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1459

Contact 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.

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.

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20230816

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: AGS Information Manager

Contact Position: AGS Information Manager

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 638-4491

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1459

Contact 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.

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention: local time

Metadata Access Constraints: none

Metadata Use Constraints: none