- Identification Information:
- Citation:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0021
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2015_0021.zip
- Description:
- Abstract:
This grid dataset is part of the three-dimensional (3-D) hydrostratigraphic model of the Sylvan Lake sub-basin in the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor, central Alberta. It represents the structure top of the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice of the Sylvan Lake sub-basin.
The Paskapoo Formation is a highly heterogeneous system. To satisfy the needs of a groundwater flow model, internal characterization of rock properties was necessary to partition the formation into three distinct geological domains. The Lower Composite Slice is the lowest of these three domains.
Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) Open File Report 2014-10 includes a full description of the process used to produce this structure grid.
- Purpose:
To form part of the Sylvan Lake sub-basin 3-D hydrostratigraphic model, used as a framework for assigning geological information from the subsurface into groundwater flow models.
- Supplemental Information: Language: In English;
- Time Period of Content:
- Time Period Information:
- Range of Dates/Times:
- Beginning Date: 2012
- Ending Date: 2013
- Currentness Reference: ground condition
- Status:
- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
- Spatial Domain:
- Bounding Coordinates:
- West Bounding Coordinate: -116
- East Bounding Coordinate: -112
- North Bounding Coordinate: 53
- South Bounding Coordinate: 51
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
- Theme Keyword: 3d models
- Theme Keyword: aquifers
- Theme Keyword: boreholes
- Theme Keyword: geology
- Theme Keyword: gis data
- Theme Keyword: hydrogeology
- Theme Keyword: hydrostratigraphy
- Theme Keyword: paskapoo formation
- Place:
- Place Keyword Thesaurus: none
- Place Keyword: 82o
- Place Keyword: 82p
- Place Keyword: 83a
- Place Keyword: 83b
- Place Keyword: alberta
- Place Keyword: canada
- Place Keyword: red deer
- Place Keyword: sylvan lake
- 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) 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.
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of Hydrostratigraphic Unit C2 Within the Neogene-Quaternary Succession, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0005
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: MacCormack, K.E.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Scollard Formation, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0006
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 201501
- Title:
Three-Dimensional Hydrostratigraphic Modelling of the Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin in the Edmonton-Calgary Corridor, Central Alberta
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: document
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Open File Report
- Issue Identification: OFR 2014-10
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details: ISBN: 978-1-4601-0137-7
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Net-to-Gross Sandstone Distribution for the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0007
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Net-to-Gross Sandstone Distribution for the Paskapoo Formation - Middle Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0008
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Net-to-Gross Sandstone Distribution for the Paskapoo Formation - Upper Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0009
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Distribution of greater than or equal to 0.60 Net-to-Gross Sandstone Values Within the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice, Central Alberta (GIS data, polygon features)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0010
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Distribution of greater than or equal to 0.60 Net-to-Gross Sandstone Values Within the Paskapoo Formation - Middle Composite Slice, Central Alberta (GIS data, polygon features)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0011
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Distribution of greater than or equal to 0.60 Net-to-Gross Sandstone Values Within the Paskapoo Formation - Upper Composite Slice, Central Alberta (GIS data, polygon features)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0012
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: MacCormack, K.E.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Battle Formation, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0013
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: MacCormack, K.E.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Wapiti Formation, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0014
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: MacCormack, K.E.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Lea Park Formation, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0015
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of Hydrostratigraphic Unit S2 Within the Neogene-Quaternary Succession, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0016
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of Hydrostratigraphic Unit C1 Within the Neogene-Quaternary Succession, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0017
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of Hydrostratigraphic Unit S1 Within the Neogene-Quaternary Succession, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0018
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Paskapoo Formation - Upper Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0019
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Paskapoo Formation - Middle Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0020
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Data Quality Information:
- Logical Consistency Report: NODATA_value for the ASCII grid outside of the study area domain is coded as '-9999'.
- Completeness Report:
The composite slices in the Paskapoo Formation do not provide a robust stratigraphic architecture of the Paskapoo Formation, but partition the unit into distinct geological domains for input into a groundwater flow model.
- Positional Accuracy:
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
The recorded oil and gas well locations are estimated to be within a 10 m radius of their actual locations. The cells of this grid are 400 m on each side, and as a result any horizontal positional error has little impact on the accuracy of the grid, considering this is a regional scale grid and not intended for local scale studies.
- Vertical Positional Accuracy:
- Vertical Positional Accuracy Report:
The grid node elevation values of the composite slices are an approximation. The Paskapoo Formation is highly heterogeneous and providing the elevation for discrete hydrostratigraphic units in the formation is outside the scope of this study.
- Lineage:
- Source Information:
- Source Citation:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Net-to-Gross Sandstone Distribution for the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0007
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Source Scale Denominator: 0
- Type of Source Media: online
- Source Time Period of Content:
- Time Period Information:
- Range of Dates/Times:
- Beginning Date: 2012
- Ending Date: 2013
- Source Currentness Reference: ground condition
- Source Citation Abbreviation: net-to-gross sandstone map for the lowest geological domain
- Source Contribution: Defines the net-to-gross sandstone distribution in the lowest geological domain.
- Source Information:
- Source Citation:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, L.A.
- Originator: Glombick, P.M.
- Publication Date: 2014
- Title:
Sylvan Lake Sub-Basin Hydrostratigraphic Model - Top of the Paskapoo Formation - Middle Composite Slice, Central Alberta (Gridded data, ASCII format)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0020
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Source Scale Denominator: 0
- Type of Source Media: online
- Source Time Period of Content:
- Time Period Information:
- Range of Dates/Times:
- Beginning Date: 2012
- Ending Date: 2013
- Source Currentness Reference: ground condition
- Source Citation Abbreviation: Paskapoo Formation – Middle Composite Slice
- Source Contribution: Used to truncate Lower Composite Slice where the two grids overlapped.
- Process Step:
- Process Description:
The methodology used to create this grid dataset is fully documented in AGS Open File Report 2014-10.
Modelling software used to create grid: Petra and RockWorks15
Data Input and Grid Creation:
Data used for the analysis included available oil and gas wells in the study area, which were used to create 36 wedge-shaped near horizontal slices, propagated from the base of the Paskapoo Formation to the bedrock topographic surface. The 36 wedge-shaped slices each correspond to a net-to-gross sandstone map. The net-to-gross sandstone maps for each slice were merged into three main geological domains based on natural geologic patterns and similar overall net-to-gross sandstone values. The Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice merged slices 1-10 to create one net-to-gross sandstone map for the lowest geological domain.
The grid node elevation value from slice 10 was taken as the top of the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice (grid created in Petra). Geographic coordinates (x,y) as well as elevation data (z) were sampled at each evenly-space grid node and imported into RockWorks15 for integration into the full hydrostratigraphic model.
Cell Size: 400 m
- Process Date: 2013
- Process Step:
- Process Description:
Deterministic Grid Alteration Information:
Algorithm used to interpolate data points: The top of the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice was re-interpolated in RockWorks15 at a 400 m cell-size node spacing using closest point whereby a grid node is set equal to the value of the nearest data point.
Deterministic Grid Alteration Information: The Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice grid was contstrained to the Paskapoo Formation - Middle Composite Slice grid.
- Process Date:
- Spatial Data Organization Information:
- Direct Spatial Reference Method: Raster
- Raster Object Information:
- Raster Object Type: Grid Cell
- Row Count: 341
- Column Count: 270
- Vertical Count: 1
- Spatial Reference Information:
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
- Planar:
- Map Projection:
- Map Projection Name: Transverse Mercator
- Transverse Mercator:
- Scale Factor at Central Meridian: 0.999200
- Longitude of Central Meridian: -115.000000
- Latitude of Projection Origin: 0.000000
- False Easting: 500000.000000
- False Northing: 0.000000
- Planar Coordinate Information:
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: row and column
- Coordinate Representation:
- Abscissa Resolution: 0
- Ordinate Resolution: 0
- Planar Distance Units: metres
- Geodetic Model:
- 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
- Vertical Coordinate System Definition:
- Altitude System Definition:
- Altitude Datum Name: Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928
- Altitude Resolution: unknown
- Altitude Distance Units: metres
- Altitude Encoding Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
- Entity and Attribute Information:
- Overview Description:
- Entity and Attribute Overview:
Grid cell values represent the structure top of the Paskapoo Formation - Lower Composite Slice in the Sylvan Lake sub-basin, expressed as elevations in metres above mean sea level, Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1928. Values are floating point data type. Null data are coded '-9999'.
- 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) 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: 20150413
- 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) 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
- Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Time Convention: local time
- Metadata Access Constraints: none
- Metadata Use Constraints: none