The Peace River Lowlands of Alberta and British Columbia is one of the most historically active mass-movement areas in western Canada. Alberta Geological Survey (AGS), in collaboration with other s...
In Alberta, the northern rim of the Athabasca Basin and the regolith underlying the Athabasca unconformity are locally exposed along the northern shore of Lake Athabasca. Extensive uranium explorat...
The Turtle Mountain Monitoring System (TMMS) is a near–real-time monitoring system that provides data from a network of more than 80 geotechnical sensors on the South Peak of Turtle Mountain (site ...
The Turtle Mountain Monitoring System is a near–real-time monitoring system that provides data from a network of more than 80 geotechnical sensors on the South Peak of Turtle Mountain (site of the ...
Alberta contains vast coal resources at shallow depths that facilitate economical mine-mouth power generation; however there are greater resources at depth that are currently not economic to mine. ...
Don Thompson, president of the Oil Sands Developers Group, gave this presentation on Canadian oil sands during a Location Tour hosted by API and ConocoPhillips in Alberta, Canada on Aug. 5 through 7.
Reprint of popular article about Giant Concretions of Rock City, Kansas published in the August 2007 issue of Backbender Gazette of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society
On Thursday, Aug. 13, API hosted a conference call for bloggers and Alberta's Minister of the Environment Robert Renner to discuss current issues concerning the production of Canadian oil sands.
Western Canadian bitumen is becoming a predominant source of energy for North
American markets. The bitumen extraction and upgrading processes in the oil sands
industry require vast quantities of...
This is only part of the book "FENCES" by August Wilson and I got it off of Google Books as a preview. I need to read it 4 a summer reading project. I am only posting it because i dont have it and ...
A man writes about growing up in a prairie farming town in Southern Alberta during the 1930s. Vivid, allows you to imagine exactly what it was like. From a historical book by Canadian genealogist...
Albertans increasingly make use of ground-source geothermal energy to heat and cool houses, farms and public and commercial buildings. Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) therefore initiated a project ...
In 2005, Alberta Environment (AENV) commissioned Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) of Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) to map the base of groundwater protection (BGP) across Alberta. The BG...
Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) has been involved in mapping the province’s geological framework for almost 90 years. Much of this map information can be used to help develop a broad understanding ...
The purpose of this report is to define and describe gas shales and discuss Alberta’s potential for shale gas production.
Shale is traditionally regarded as a potential source rock and seal/cap ro...