| Title | Application of borehole stratigraphic techniques in areas of mountain glacial drift in Alberta |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Rutter, N W; Wyder, J E |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-35, 1969, 16 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/106448 |
| Year | 1969 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 82O/04; 82O/03; 82O/02; 82O/01 |
| Area | Calgary |
| Lat/Long WENS | -116.0000 -112.0000 51.2500 51.0000 |
| Subjects | stratigraphy; boreholes; drift deposits; Balzac Till; Calgary Silt; Crossfield Till; Paskapoo Formation; Spy Hill Till; Tertiary; Quaternary; Cenozoic |
| Illustrations | electrical logs |
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| Released | 1969 01 01; 2016 02 15 |
| Abstract | Presented here are the results of an integrated program of d rilling, side - wall sampling, and single - point electro logging that has been successfully carried out in areas of mountain glacial drift
near Canmore and Calgary, in Alberta . The purpose of this program was to obtain stratigraphic information that could not be acquired by conventional observational techniques. To date, reports from most test drilling programs using rotary hydraulic
drills have consisted of descriptions of the chips carried to the surface by the drilling mud. Chip samples by themselves do not provide sufficient evidence for the determination of detailed stratigraphy in areas of rapid lateral and vertical changes
in lit h ology, such as Calgary and Canmore. In these areas, side-wall sampling techniques and electro-logs proved to be valuable stratigraphic tools, readily eliminating ambiguities arising from the examination of chip samples alone. The results of
this program were useful in confirming stratigraphic relationships based on previous surface mapping, in extending geological boundaries, in determining the thickness of lithologic units, and in the discovery of new lithologic units. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 106448 |
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