Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zones were evaluated. This record describes the Carbon Thompson Coal Zone's vitrinite reflectance measurements.
Purpose:
To evaluate coalbed methane potential in the Alberta Plains area. In addition, to ensure the data are publicly available to government and industry for coal and CBM studies.
Supplemental Information:
In English. Details of stratigraphy, evaluation procedures and other technical information can be found in Alberta Geological Survey Earth Sciences reports 2002-06 and 2003-03.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 2002
Ending Date: 2005
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -118.877754
East Bounding Coordinate: -111.807637
North Bounding Coordinate: 54.692016
South Bounding Coordinate: 50.102781
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
Theme Keyword: carbon thompson coal zone
Theme Keyword: cbm
Theme Keyword: coal
Theme Keyword: coal zone
Theme Keyword: coalbed methane
Theme Keyword: gis data
Theme Keyword: vitrinite reflectance
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: 82i
Place Keyword: 82j
Place Keyword: 82n
Place Keyword: 82o
Place Keyword: 82p
Place Keyword: 83a
Place Keyword: 83b
Place Keyword: 83c
Place Keyword: 83d
Place Keyword: 83e
Place Keyword: 83f
Place Keyword: 83g
Place Keyword: 83h
Place Keyword: 83i
Place Keyword: 83j
Place Keyword: 83k
Place Keyword: 83l
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: alberta plains
Place Keyword: canada
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: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
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) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
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.
Data Set Credit: M.C. Price, GISmo Solutions Ltd.
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Se
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Beaton, A.P.
Originator: Pana, C.
Originator: Chen, D.
Originator: Wynne, D.A.
Originator: Langenberg, C.W.
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Coalbed Methane Potential of Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary Strata, Alberta Plains
Reflectance shapefile is generated from gridded surface using the CBM dataset (Alberta Geological Survey DIG 2003-001). All data points used for generating the grid have been mapped and corrected as needed.
Completeness Report:
Contours are generated from a gridded surface without applying any smoothing function. They are continuous and clipped with the coal zone boundary
Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description:
Mean Ro-ran data (mean of the random reflectance readings) were extracted from the CBM dataset (Alberta Geological Survey DIG 2003-0001). Results were gridded and contoured in Viewlog using its Simple Kriging method. Contour lines were exported from Viewlog as a DXF file to ArcGIS and written out as a shapefile.
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-Major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: v_reflect_py_tm
Entity Type Definition: Polygon features
Entity Type Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Coalzone
Attribute Definition: coal zone name
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute Label: VR_percent
Attribute Definition: calculated percent
Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0.65
Range Domain Maximum: 0.75
Attribute Units of Measure: percent
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
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) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
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: 20131107
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
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) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
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