Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

This online version of the Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is available because the printed volume is now out of print. The digital version also provides some of the underlying digital data.

Chapters Foreward Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Cordilleran Tectonics & Evolution Chapter 3 - Structure and Architecture Chapter 4 - Potential Fields and Basement Structure Chapter 5 - Precambrian Basement Chapter 6 - Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian Strata Chapter 7 - Paleogeographic Evolution of the Cratonic Platform - Cambrian to Jurassic Chapter 8 - Middle Cambrian to Lower Ordovician Strata Chapter 9 - Middle Ordovician to Lower Devonian Strata Chapter 10 - Devonian Elk Point Group Chapter 11 - Devonian Beaverhill Lake Group Chapter 12 - Devonian Woodbend-Winterburn strata Chapter 13 - Devonian Wabamun Group Chapter 14 - Carboniferous strata Chapter 15 - Permian Strata Chapter 16 - Triassic Strata Chapter 17 - Paleogeographic Evolution Chapter 18 - Jurassic & Lowermost Cretaceous Strata Chapter 19 - Cretaceous Mannville Group Chapter 20 - Cretaceous Colorado/Alberta Group Chapter 21 - Cretaceous Viking Formation Chapter 22 - Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation Chapter 23 - Cretaceous Cardium Formation Chapter 24 - Uppermost Cretaceous & Tertiary Strata Chapter 25 - Sequence Stratigraphy and Allostragraphic Application in Alberta Foreland Chapter 26 - Quaternary Geology Chapter 27 - Geological History of the Williston Basin & Sweetgrass Arch Chapter 28 - Geological History of the Peace River Arch Chapter 29 - In-Situ Stress Chapter 30 - Geothermal Regime Chapter 31 - Petroleum Generation and Migration Chapter 32 - Oil and Gas Resources Chapter 33 - Coal Resources Chapter 34 - Mineral Resources Chapter 35 - Automated Data Processing

Downloadable Data Atlas Shapefiles (16 MB zip) Well Control Data Isopach and Structure Surface Grid Data