| Title | An inventory of active sand dunes and blowouts in the Prairie Provinces, Canada |
| Download | Downloads |
| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Wolfe, S A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6680, 2010; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/287190 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | CD-ROM; digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication is related to Wolfe, S A; Gillis, A;
Robertson, L; (2009). Late Quaternary eolian deposits of northern North America: Age and extent, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6006 |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe Acrobate Reader); txt; doc; xls; dbf; kmz |
| Province | Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba |
| NTS | 62; 63; 64; 72; 73; 74; 82; 83; 84 |
| Area | Canadian Prairies |
| Lat/Long WENS | -120.0000 -96.0000 60.0000 49.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; sedimentology; Nature and Environment; dunes; landforms; sands; eolian deposits; sediment transport; sediment distribution; sediments; loess; radiocarbon dating;
depositional history; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | tables; screen captures; location maps |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Key Economic and Natural Environment Sectors |
| Released | 2010 11 16 |
| Abstract | This open file provides an inventory of open sand areas, including active dunes and blowouts throughout the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The inventory and database were prepared to
fulfill specific requests for identification of habitat for species reliant on native open sand. The accompanying spreadsheet in Excel and dBase format can be used in a GIS to place areas of active dunes onto digital maps for referencing. In
addition, files provided in KMZ format may be imported into Google Earth for locating areas of active sand within sand hills areas. The primary purpose of this inventory is to approximate the location and size of native open sand in the Prairie
Provinces for present and future reference, given the rapid rates of historical stabilization of these sandy areas. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 287190 |
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