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Author : Ferbey, T.; Church, A.; Bednarski, J.; Hickin, A.S.; Demchuk, T.E.; Kerr, B.; Levson, V.M.; Smith, I.R.; and Trommelen, M.
Date : 2005.
Title : Effective methods for mapping surficial geology and aggregate potential in British Columbia's northeastern Interior Plains.
Publication : Water, Ice, Land, And Life: The Quaternary Interface. Canadian Quaternary Association 2005 Conference June 5-8, 2005, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Issue : Abstract Volume:
Page(s) : A24.
Abstract
This presentation summarizes methods that have been employed by the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines (Aggregate Program) and the Geological Survey of Canada to map surficial geology in the Interior Plains of northeast British Columbia. There is a chronic shortage of aggregate material in this part of the province, the centre of BC's rapidly expanding oil and gas industry. The discovery of new aggregate sources provide a much-needed local supply of sand and gravel, reducing construction and maintenance costs of petroleum development roads. Assessing aggregate potential in the region is challenging due to limited topographic relief, masking of landforms by vegetation, thick cover of silt and clay-rich morainal and glaciolacustrine deposits, and a general lack of glaciofluvial landforms outside of major river valleys and meltwater channel systems. As a result, new and innovative surficial mapping and aggregate exploration methods have been developed. This poster outlines the methods including seismic shot hole and subsurface data, high resolution airborne electromagnetics (EM survey), LiDAR imagery (in partnership with EnCana Corporation), remote sensing, and more traditional methods such as aerial photograph interpretation, drilling and target test pitting (excavations). The program has been very successful with several new aggregate prospects being discovered in the region since the inception of the program in 2003. At least three of these new discoveries have been developed into producing pits.
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