Alberta Geological Survey Geology Podcasts

Since 2005, Alberta Geological Survey has been responsible for a warning system and studies on the South Peak of Turtle Mountain, the site of the 1903 Frank Slide. Our activities include annual maintenance and repairs of instruments on the mountain and annual review of data trends. We also study how portions of the mountain are moving.

Modern attempts to use geothermal energy go back more than a 100 years, but its development has been uneven due to slow technological breakthroughs and historically low oil and gas prices. Recent high energy prices and concerns over global warming have stimulated renewed interest and support for what is potentially a very large and renewable energy resource.

Alberta Geological Survey's website has recently had a makeover. This podcast is on some of the changes you will find and also on how to stay up-to-date with what is happening at Alberta Geological Survey.

As part of a multi-year initiative, AGS undertook surficial mapping of the McLennan area in the northeast quadrant of the Winagami map area. This study was primarily to map the surfical geology and determine the Quaternary history.

Since 2005, the Geological Hazards Section at AGS has used new remote-sensing technologies to detect and map movements associated with ground hazards in Alberta. Once promising technology is Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). This article is some of the results of that testing.

Modern attempts to use geothermal energy go back more than a 100 years, but its development has been uneven due to slow technological breakthroughs and historically low oil and gas prices. Recent high energy prices and concerns over global warming have stimulated renewed interest and support for what is potentially a very large and renewable energy resource.

Alberta Geological Survey has initiated work on a digital atlas of the first 500 metres of Alberta geology.

The Alberta Geological Survey has received funding from the Alberta energy Innovation Fund to perform organic geochemical and geological evaluations on Cretaceous Colorado Group and the Mississippian Banff Formation shale and mudstone.

Alberta Geological Survey is pleased to announce the release of shapefiles of selected Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin maps, produced from the digital files created and archived by AGS during production of the atlas which was published in 1994.

Dr. Stefan Bachu of the Alberta Geological Survey was one of the scientists who received the prestigious designation of Nobel laureate this fall.

The publication Alberta Beneath Our Feet has won the Association of Earth Science Editors Award for Outstanding Publication.

This past summer, a group of politicians and government geologists from Russia, came to Alberta to visit Alberta Geological Survey to gain an understanding of the policies and regulations of drillcore collection and storage.

The thick Ardley Coal Zone in west-central Alberta is being reviewed for CBM production potential and possibly injecting CO2 into the coals to 'geologically capture CO2.

The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet team visited Alberta to film stories on two separate Alberta Geological Survey initiatives: The Turtle Mountain Monitoring Project and the Diamond Potential of Alberta.

A new groundwater mapping program has been launched at AGS. In partnership with Alberta Environment, this program will fill the need for modern mapping and groundwater inventory information in Alberta.