| Title | The evolution of the Geological Survey of Canada's regional reconnaissance geochemical drainage sediment and water surveys |
| Author | McCurdy, M W; Spirito, W A; Grunsky, E C; Day, S J A; McNeil, R J; Coker, W B |
| Source | Explore no. 163, 2014 p. 1, 3-4, 6-10 |
| Links | Online - En ligne
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| Year | 2014 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20130375 |
| Publisher | The Association of Applied Geochemists |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | geochemistry; geochemical interpretations; geochemical surveys; drainage; water geochemistry; stream sediment geochemistry; governments; resource management; indicator minerals |
| Illustrations | location maps; histograms; screen captures |
| Program | GEM Tri-Territorial information management & databases (Tri-Territorial Indicator Minerals Framework), GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Abstract | As a result of the 1973 international energy crisis, the Canadian government introduced the Federal-Provincial Uranium Reconnaissance (URP) Program in 1974. The objectives of this program included
establishing and maintaining high-quality databases of fi eld observations and geochemical data for stream and lake sediments and waters, and airborne gamma-ray survey data, to aid uranium exploration. Technological advances in analytical methods and
computing since then have led to improvements in effi ciency, presentation, and the amount of information derived from each site. Counterbalancing these improvements have been steady decreases in funding and staff. Large-scale regional surveys
managed by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) and carried out by contractors as stand-alone projects for mineral exploration, ceased in 2004. Since then, regional geochemical surveys have been undertaken within larger projects with multiple
objectives including environmental evaluation and surfi cial and bedrock mapping, in addition to supporting mineral exploration. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Regional geochemical surveys managed by the Geological Survey of Canada and carried out by contractors as stand-alone projects for mineral exploration
have become smaller, more focussed activities within larger projects with multiple objectives. Technological advances have led to improvements in efficiency, presentation and the amount of information derived from regional geochemical
surveys. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293428 |
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