| Title | Surficial geology and periglacial features, Pangnirtung, Nunavut |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Carbonneau, A -S; Allard, M; LeBlanc, A -M; L'Hérault, E; Mate, D; Oldenborger, G A; Gosselin, P; Sladen, W E |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 65, 2012, 1 sheet; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/289504 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | prelim. |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, glacial deposits and landforms, 1:5,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 20 (NAD83) |
| Media | CD-ROM; paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; rtf; shp; xml; jpg; JPEG2000 |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 26I/04NE |
| Area | Pangnirtung |
| Lat/Long WENS | -65.7500 -65.5833 66.1667 66.1167 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; glacial features; glacial deposits; glacial landforms; tills; sands; gravels; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | tables |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and
Minerals, Multiple Metals - Cumberland Peninsula (Baffin Island, Nunavut) |
| Program | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Funding Program |
| Released | 2012 01 06 |
| Abstract | The map of surficial geology and periglacial features in Pangnirtung was done to help decision-makers, planners and engineers to better adapt the community to the impacts of climate change. The dominant
surface unit on the map consists of colluvium deposits which are ice-rich sandy sediments deposited by overland-flow during snowmelt. Buried soils as old as 7080 cal BP were found imbedded in a colluvium layer. In the eastern sector of town,
colluvium 1 to 4 metres thick covers till and a network of ice wedges. It also covers ice-rich marine silts and bedrock in the western sector. The central sector of town is occupied by a coarse, boulder-rich, Holocene outwash fan deposited by the
Duval River. An alluvial terrace with boulders and some eroded channels were incised by the river in the fan. Bedrock and thick till deposits are found in the upper river valley and on the slopes of the fjord. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 289504 |
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