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Rock Chips - The Alberta Geological Survey Newsletter

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Archived Issues

Spring 2008

PDF	Podcasts
10 MB		The Digital Atlas of Alberta Geology - A New AGS Initiative
		Gas Shale in Alberta - Upper Colorado and Banff Shale Data Analysis
		AGS Releases GIS Datasets of the 1994 Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Winter 2007

PDF	Podcasts
1 MB		Dr. Stefan Bachu Honoured as Nobel Laureate
		MCRF Hosts International Visitors
		Alberta Beneath Our Feet Wins Award

Fall 2007

PDF	Podcasts
1 MB		Dixon Edwards Awarded the E.R. Ward Neale Medal
		The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet Visits AGS
		New Groundwater Mapping and Inventory Program Launched at AGS
		Edson CBM Exploration Block, Alberta, Ardley Coal Zone Characterization and Sandstone Channels Geometry

Summer 2007

PDF	Podcasts
2 MB		The Age of Diamondiferous Volcanoes in North-Central Alberta (5 MB)
		Buried Channels and Glacial-Drift Aquifers in the Fort McMurray Region, Northeast Alberta (5 MB)
		Base of Groundwater Protection Now Available Through a Web Tool (4 MB)

Spring 2007

PDF	Podcasts
6 MB		AGS Lines Up Programs for 2007-2008 (9.5 MB)
		Regional Coal Maps Released in Digital Form (3 MB)
		Surficial Mapping in the West Steen River Area (NTS 84N/W) (5.5 MB)

Last updated: June 19, 2008