| Title | Relevance of a Lithogeochemical Database To Epidemiological Studies in Central Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Author | Dunn, C E; Irvine, D G |
| Source | Environmental Geochemistry, Selected Papers From the 2nd International Symposium, Uppsala, Sweden, 16 - 19 September 1991; by Hitchon, B (ed.); Fuge, R (ed.); Applied Geochemistry no. 2, 1993 p.
215-222, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0883-2927(09)80040-1 |
| Year | 1993 |
| Alt Series | Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 36491 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Meeting | Second International Symposium On Environmental Geochemistry; Uppsala; Se; September 16-19, 1991 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 73A; 73B; 73C/SE; 73C/NE; 73F/SE; 73F/NE; 73G; 73H |
| Area | Meadow Lake; Saskatoon; Prince Albert; Henribourg |
| Lat/Long WENS | -109.0000 -102.0000 54.0000 52.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geochemistry; mathematical and computational geology; engineering geology; wells; lithogeochemistry; shales; sedimentary rocks; calcium geochemistry; cadmium
geochemistry; molybdenum geochemistry; selenium geochemistry; uranium geochemistry; vanadium geochemistry; arsenic geochemistry; copper geochemistry; nickel geochemistry; antimony geochemistry; strontium geochemistry; zinc geochemistry; data
collections; groundwater geochemistry; hydrologic environment; statistical analysis; statistical methods; analyses; trace element analyses; geochemical analyses; drillholes; glacial history; glaciation; glaciers; glacial deposits; Great Falls
Tectonic Zone; Bearpaw Formation; Judith River Formation; Lea Park Formation; White Speckled Shales; White Specks Formation; Big River Formation; Viking Formation; Joli Fou Formation; Colorado Group; Mannville Group; Cretaceous |
| Illustrations | analyses; sketch maps |
| Released | 1993 01 01 |
| Abstract | Archived drill-cuttings of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks from 96 wells were analyzed to provide a geochemical database and maps of a 100,000 km2 area of bedrock in central Saskatchewan. A dark shale (the
White Speckled Shale) is enriched in Ca, Cd, Mo, Se, U and V (and to a lesser degree in As, Cu, Ni, Sb, Sr and Zn), when compared to other geological strata in the district. This shale subcrops beneath glacial drift near Henribourg, where there is a
coincidence of structural weakness and formation water discharge. Because groundwater chemistry is controlled mostly by rock and sediment chemistry, the possibility was examined that the enrichment of some elements in the White Speckled Shale may
have a bearing on the high incidence of childhood homes of Multiple Sclerosis patients at Henribourg. The lithogeochemical study provides basic data that may be of use in epidemiological studies. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 133522 |
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