Alphie's Trough

Exterior view of the lower portion and natural setting of Alphie's Trough.

Alphie's Trough Entrance

View from the west of the upper level entrance south of Thistle.

Alphie's Trough

The entrance as viewed from the east.

Alphie's Trough Model

View of a model of Alphie's from the north.

Alphie's Trough Model

Model of the planned student centre and pub, Alphie's Trough.

Alphie's Trough Interior

View of the interior of Alphie's Trough.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from J. Amsden, acting collector, Dunnville

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from J. Amsden, acting collector, Dunnville. He explains that they have never had any “up” freight at that office and therefore he omitted the “up” column altogether, Jan. 24, 1862.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from William Turner, collector at Port Maitland

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from William Turner, collector at Port Maitland. He is submitting the returns for the years 1859-1861.This is accompanied by an envelope, Jan. 28, 1862.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from William Turner, collector at Port Maitland

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from William Turner, collector at Port Maitland. This letter notes the enclosure of the yearly returns of 1857 and 1858, Feb. 5, 1862.

New Brock Centre

The Brock centre was later renamed Alphie's Trough after Alfred, the horse given to General Brock by Sir James Craig.

John Marchese

John Marchese was an arts student and was the first Manager of the Brock Student Pub operated out of Alfie's Trough which was our first student center paid for by the students and built in 1969. It had its grand opening in 1970.

Project Summary Cover

The cover of the project summary pamphlet for Alphies Trough.

Project Summary Back

The project summary for Alphies Trough.

Tower's North Facet

This view is from behind the tower along the escarpment. The photograph would have been taken near Alphie's Trough, north of the tower, facing southwards. A portion of the Thistle Complex is visible.

Microfacies analysis of the lower paleocene beda formation in Western Concession 59 and Block 59F, Sirte Basin, Libya /

The rock sequence of the Tertiary Beda Formation of S. W. concession 59 and 59F block in Sirte Basin of Libya has been subdivided into twelve platformal carbonate microfacies. These microfacies are dominated by muddy carbonates, such as skeletal mudstones, wackestones, and packstones with dolomites and anhydrite. Rock textures, faunal assemblages and sedimentary structures suggest shallow, clear, warm waters and low to moderate energy conditions within the depositional shelf environment. The Beda Formation represents a shallowing-upward sequence typical of lagoonal and tidal flat environments marked at the top by sabkha and brackish-water sediments. Microfossils include benthonic foraminifera, such as miliolids, Nummulites, - oerculina and other smaller benthonics, in addition to dasycladacean algae, ostracods, molluscs, echinoderms, bryozoans and charophytes. Fecal pellets and pelloids, along with the biotic allochems, contributed greatly to the composition of the various microfacies. Dolomite, where present, is finely crystalline and an early replacement product. Anhydrite occurs as nodular, chickenwire and massive textures indicating supratidal sabkha deposition. Compaction, micr it i zat ion , dolomit izat ion , recrystallization, cementation, and dissolution resulted in alteration and obliteration of primary sedimentary structures of the Beda Formation microfacies. The study area is located in the Gerad Trough which developed as a NE-SW trending extensional graben. The Gerad trough was characterized by deep-shallow water conditions throughout the deposition of the Beda Formation sediments. The study area is marked by several horsts and grabens; as a result of extent ional tectonism. The area was tectonically active throughout the Tertiary period. Primary porosity is intergranular and intragranular, and secondary processes are characterized by dissolution, intercrystalline, fracture and fenestral features. Diagenesis, through solution leaching and dolomitization, contributed greatly to porosity development. Reservoir traps of the Beda Formation are characterized by normal fault blocks and the general reservoir characteristics/properties appear to be facies controlled.