Rock Blog

The CSEG article by Monger and Price, The Canadian Cordillera: Geology and Tectonic Evolution provides a really good overview of the evolution of the Canadian Cordillera. The article is not for the “geology neophyte”, but the figures will prove quite useful for explaining the geological history.

One of the biggest natural tragedies in British Columbian/Canadian history occured in 1903, when half a Mountain slide on top of the town of Frank, Alberta. The “Frank Slide” has been studies widely, and its study continues.

The article, Implementation of a State-of-the-Art Monitoring system on Turtle Mountain announces the Alberta governments monitoring program, as well as proving a nice succinct summary of the geological conditions that lead to instabilty of the rocks of Turtle Mountain.

This article in the CSEG Recorder, bt Dave Russum (Geo-Help Inc., Calgary), provides a timeline on the development of Canadian Natural Gas Industry.

A Brief History of Canada’s Natural Gas Production</a.

This article, it’s a prerequisite to be interested in travel and foreign cultures” – An interview with David Patersone, from the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG), provides a perspective on a career in geoscience. Daivd talks about how he ended up in the geosciences, and why he decided on geophysics…