| Title | Predictive surficial geology, Wecho River, Northwest Territories, NTS 85-O |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Morse, P D; Kerr, D E; Wolfe, S A; Olthof, I |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 277, 2016, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/298686 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | prelim. |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, surficial deposits and landforms, 1:125,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 11 (NAD83) |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; rtf; xml; xls; shp |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 85O |
| Area | Yellowknife River; Russell Lake; Ghost Lake; Wheeler Lake; Germaine Lake; Armi Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -116.0000 -114.0000 64.0000 63.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; glacial deposits; glacial features; landforms; terrain types; glaciolacustrine deposits; glaciofluvial deposits; Holocene; Pleistocene; tills; eolian deposits; organic
deposits; lacustrine deposits; Slave Province; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps |
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| Program | Mackenzie Corridor Project Management, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Image |  |
| Released | 2016 11 02 |
| Abstract | The glaciated landscape exhibits ice flow features associated with ice advance such as drumlinoids, crag-and-tails and fluted bedrock, which together with striations, record a southwestward ice flow
during the last glaciation. Glacially scoured bedrock dominates the area. Discontinuous till veneer is generally restricted to the northeastern map area. Glaciofluvial sediments, including eskers and kames generally trend southwestward. Many eskers
consist of a series of short segments. During deglaciation about 11-10 ka BP, fine-grained glaciolacustrine sediments, associated with glacial Lake McConnell, were deposited in many western and southern topographic lows, up to 240 m or possibly
higher. Related glaciolacustrine deltas and beaches, marking the decreasing elevation of the glacial lake over time due to isostatic rebound, occur at 270-295 m, although isolated deltas have also been observed at 310, 320, 330 m and as high as 350 m
in the northeast. Postglacial eolian sediments exhibit dunes recording both north-northwestward and south-southeastward paleowind directions. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Wecho River map (NTS 85-O) identifies surficial materials and associated landforms left by the retreat of the last glaciers. The surficial geology is
based on aerial photograph interpretation and limited legacy fieldwork. This work provides new geological knowledge and improves our understanding of the distribution, nature and glacial history of surficial materials. It contributes to resource
assessments and effective land use management. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 298686 |
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