Control Points Extracted from Atlas Structure Surface Files
These files contain data from SurfaceII (SII) and CPS3 grids generated from the Western Canada Sedimentary Atlas project and are suitable for input to gridding and contouring software. The records are for nodes in the grids from which the contours were drawn. They do not deal with boreholes directly.
- The SII grids (structure and isopach) were generated on atlas point data.
- The CPS3 grids (structure only) were generated on the back modeling of the published contours.
- All point sets are located in geographic coordinates (decimal degrees), the elevation or thickness values are in metres.
Quality Control
- The back modelled grids were checked to see if they resulted in contours which reasonably overlaid those in the printed volume. Except in areas of low slope, at saddle points and near the edges of the contoured areas, they overlay well.
- The atlas control points were compared to both the original grids and the back model grids. The correspondence was variable. It was especially poor in areas where relief varied rapidly. This is, in part, because of the heavy averaging used in production of the original grids.
For ease of importing, the below files do not have column headings. The headings for each file are
Position (4th quarter degrees)
- longitude NAD 27
- latitude NAD 27
Elevation or thickness (m)
- value
Position in original grid
- column
- row
Battle to Bearpaw isopach, top surface From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Battle to Bearpaw isopach, base surface From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Battle to Bearpaw isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Battle-Kneehills Tuff structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Battle-Kneehills Tuff structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Bearpaw isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Beaverhill Lake isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Beaverhill Lake structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Beaverhill Lake structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Belly River isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Base of Fish Scales structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Base of Fish Scales structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Stoddart-Mattson-Kibbey isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Rundle-Charles isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Banff-Lodgepole isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Carboniferous isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Carboniferous structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Carboniferous structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Cardium structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Cardium structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Middle Cambrian isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Cambrian-Lower Ordovician isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Cambrian-Lower Ordovician structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Cambrian-Lower Ordovician structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Milk River to 1st Specks isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
1st Specks to 2nd Specks isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
2nd Specks to Base of Fish Scales isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Base of Fish Scales to Mannville isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
1st Specks to Cardium isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Base of Fish Scales to Viking isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Cardium to 2nd Specks isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Colorado isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Dunvegan isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Dunvegan structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Dunvegan structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Elk Point isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Elk Point structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Elk Point structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Kootenay Nikanassin isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Fernie Undifferentiated-Upper Vangard isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Rierdon isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Sawtooth-Shaunavon isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Rock Creek-Lower Gravelbourg isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Poker Chip isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Nordegg isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Fernie isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Jurassic isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Jurassic structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Jurassic structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
KB to Battle isopach, Alberta From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
KB to Bearpaw isopach, Saskatchewan From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Lea Park-Pakowki isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Lea Park-Pakowki structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Lea Park-Pakowki structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Upper Mannville isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Lower Mannvile isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Cadomin-Cut Bank isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Mannville isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Mannville structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Mannville structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Milk River structure From back model grid, Thickness (m)
Milk River structure From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Winnipeg isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Red River isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Stony Mountain isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Interlake-Stonewall isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Middle Ordovician-Lower Devonian isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Ordovician-Silurian structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Ordovician-Silurian structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Permian isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Permian structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Permian structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Precambrian structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Precambrian structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Sub-Mannville Unconformity From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Sub-Mannville Unconformity From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Montney isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Halfway-Doig isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Charlie Lake isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Pardonet-Baldonnel-Worsley isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Triassic isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Triassic structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Triassic structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Viking isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Viking structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Viking structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Wabamun-Palliser isopach (Wab to F Horizon) From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Wabamun-Palliser isopach (Wab to Winterburn) From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Wabamun-Palliser structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Wabamun-Palliser structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)
Wapiti isopach, top surface From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Wapiti isopach, base surface From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Wapiti isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Cooking Lake isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Winterburn isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Woodbend isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Upper Graminia isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Blue Ridge isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Nisku isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Upper Ireton isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Lower Ireton isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Duvernay isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Majeau Lake isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Woodbend-Winterburn isopach From Shetsen grid, Thickness (m)
Winterburn structure From back model grid, Elevation (m)
Winterburn structure From Shetsen grid, Elevation (m)