Natural Suitability of Geological Setting for Waste Management, Alberta, Canada

This map depicts the suitability of geological setting in Alberta for waste management siting. It is derived from spatial analysis of other geological input, including bedrock topography and morphology; occurrence of major buried drift aquifers, assumed on the basis of buried channel talwegs locations; surficial geology; bedrock geology; and drift thickness. Where possible, areas of the province are ranked Suitable, Unsuitable or Uncertain; other areas are masked by lakes or have insufficient data to rank them.