| Title | Drift prospecting in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin |
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| Author | Paulen, R C |
| Source | GeoCanada 2010 short course GAC026SC - Kimberlites and related rocks in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basins; 2010, 5 pages |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20100369 |
| Meeting | GeoCanada 2010; Calgary; CA; May 10-14, 2010 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 73L; 73M; 74D; 74E; 74L; 74M; 83I; 83J; 83K; 83L; 83M; 83N; 83O; 83P; 84 |
| Area | Edmonton; Peace River; Fort McMurray; Grande Prairie |
| Lat/Long WENS | -120.0000 -110.0000 60.0000 54.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; economic geology; glacial deposits; drift deposits; drift geochemistry; drift prospecting; mineral occurrences; kimberlites; diamond; ice movement directions; Cenozoic;
Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; rose diagrams |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals GEM Tri-Territorial information management & databases (Tri-Territorial Indicator Minerals Framework) |
| Released | 2010 01 01 |
| Abstract | Effective and efficient diamond exploration in glaciated terrain calls for a thorough knowledge of the glacial geology of the area concerned. Drift prospecting relies on the identification of dispersal
trains in glacial drift (cf. DiLabio and Coker 1989; Kujansuu and Saarnisto 1990; Bobrowsky et al. 1995; McClenaghan et al. 2001; Paulen and McMartin 2009). Kimberlite exploration in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is hampered by a highly
variable overburden thickness, paucity of outcrop and a complex glacial and deglacial history, with more than one Pleistocene glacial event affecting most of western Canada. Glacial ice has played the principal role in the transportation of indicator
minerals. As a general rule, tills containing these trains occur in thin deposits, less than 5 m thick, generally deposited in a straight-line trajectory derived from local bedrock, or in thick deposits, tens of metres thick, with a complex history
of
reworking. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 287418 |
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