Cretaceous Colorado Group Petroleum System Line Features

Shapefiles represent the Cretaceous Colorado Group Petroleum System as part of a geological atlas chapter. Data was created by the Alberta Geological Survey in the mid-1990s and later edited in 2005-06 for correction and consolidation. The files document petroleum generation and migration in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Use Cases

• Map petroleum system boundaries and migration pathways using the attributed line features from the shapefiles.
• Analyze the spatial relationship between source rocks and reservoirs within the Cretaceous Colorado Group using the geospatial line data.
• Integrate these legacy line features with modern subsurface data to calibrate basin models for the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Strengths

• Data consolidated from archived files into single shapefiles by feature type.
• Edited in 2005-06 to correct and attribute the original mid-1990s digital files.

Limitations

• Data originates from the mid-1990s, potentially limiting alignment with contemporary geological models.
• Specific row counts, column details, and spatial extents are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Geological Survey

Collection Method

Produced from archived digital files created by the survey, then edited and consolidated.

Time Range

Data creation in mid-1990s; editing in 2005-2006.

Freshness

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Geography

Western Canada Sedimentary Basin