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GIS compilation of structural elements in Alberta, version 3.0 (GIS data, line features)

This dataset (lineaments_ln_ll.shp) comprises structural features compiled into GIS format from existing literature, published up to 2003. The data represent fault/lineament locations known or inferred in the Alberta Plains. We have chosen to digitize and publish all lineaments from source maps even where they extended beyond the Alberta boundary. Each compiled feature is characterized by a set of attributes including: affected formations (oldest affected and oldest non-affected stratigraphic unit), fault type, fault sense of displacement, evidence used to infer the fault/lineament, original reference information and publication scale, and an estimate of the georeferencing error. The completeness of the captured attribute set varies for each feature as a function of the level of detail in the source article. The data set should be used cautiously. First, the original authors' interpretation of subsurface faults, particularly of 'basement faults', from air photo or satellite imagery lineaments is tenuous. Second, the vast majority of faults inferred in the foreland basin (Alberta Plains) east of the deformation front are normal-slip faults. although only the dip slip component has been inferred, some of these faults may also have a strike-slip component, generally not accounted for. Third, the location of lineaments includes cumulative errors inherent in the process of transferring into GIS lineaments traced by hand in the pre-computer era on small scale (regional) paper-copy maps. Such errors include spatial imprecisions in original lineament identification and drawing and errors in georefencing of the source map, as well as minor errors introduced during lineament digitization. Although each of them is minor at the scale of the original map, the cumulative effect of these errors may be significant and even misleading for large-scale (township or larger) projects.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2015-01-01
Date ( RI_366 )
2015-01-01
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
continual; continue RI_532
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • 72E
  • 72L
  • 72M
  • 73D
  • 73E
  • 73L
  • 73M
  • 74D
  • 74E
  • 74L
  • 74M
  • 82G
  • 82H
  • 82I
  • 82J
  • 82N
  • 82O
  • 82P
  • 83A
  • 83B
  • 83C
  • 83D
  • 83E
  • 83F
  • 83G
  • 83H
  • 83I
  • 83J
  • 83K
  • 83L
  • 83M
  • 83N
  • 83O
  • 83P
  • 84A
  • 84B
  • 84C
  • 84D
  • 84E
  • 84F
  • 84G
  • 84H
  • 84I
  • 84J
  • 84K
  • 84L
  • 84M
  • 84N
  • 84O
  • 84P
  • ALBERTA
  • CANADA
  • FAULT
  • GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION
  • GIS-DATA
  • LINEAMENTS
  • PEACE-RIVER-ARCH
  • STRUCTURAL-GEOLOGY
  • STRUCTURE
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Alberta (https://open.alberta.ca/licence)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
textTable; texteTable RI_637
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
0001-01-01
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unknown / unknown / unknown
Distribution format
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RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
OnLine resource
GIS compilation of structural elements in Alberta, version 3.0 (GIS data, line features) - (HTML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
GIS compilation of structural elements in Alberta, version 3.0 (GIS data, line features) - (XML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XML;eng

OnLine resource
SHP (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;ZIP;eng

File identifier
4ba232c0-4f28-48c8-bd53-a58a49c00342 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-10-08
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
 
 

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