| Title | Reconnaissance surficial geology, Eskimo Point, Nunavut, NTS 55-E |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Geological Survey of Canada |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 240, 2017, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/300687 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | Prelim., surficial data model v.2.2 conversion |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, surficial deposits and features, 1:125,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 15 (NAD83) |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Arsenault, L; Aylsworth, J M;
Cunningham, C M; Kettles, I M; Shilts, W W; (1981). Surficial geology, Eskimo Point, District of Keewatin, Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map no. 8-1980 |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); rtf; gdb (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) v.10.x); shp (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) v.10.x); xml (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) v.10.x); mxd (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) v.10.x) |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 55E |
| Area | Eskimo Point; Turquetil Lake; Maguse Lake; Hudson Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -96.0000 -94.0000 62.0000 61.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geochronology; postglacial deposits; alluvial deposits; flood plains; terraces; frost action; ice wedges; lacustrine deposits; marine deposits; beach deposits; sand
bars; gravel bars; spits; frost cracks; deltaic deposits; intertidal deposits; eolian deposits; tidal flats; periglacial features; mud boils; lag deposits; patterned ground; permafrost; ground ice; glacial deposits; glacial landforms; glacial
features; glaciofluvial deposits; outwash fans; kettles; ice contact deposits; tills; hummocks; anastomosis; moraines; drumlins; felsenmeer; scarps; raised beaches; shoreline changes; paleogeography; submergence; emergence; meltwater channels; flow
trajectories; eskers; drumlinoids; solifluction; sediment reworking; glacial striations; ice movement directions; silts; sands; gravels; boulders; clays; radiometric dating; radiocarbon dating; fossils; depositional environment; Tyrrell Sea; Keewatin
Ice Divide; palsa; lithalsa; frost polygons; thaw ponds; ice-pushed ridges; tundra polygons; diamicton; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps; tables |
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| Program | Rae Province Project Management, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
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| Released | 2017 09 14 |
| Abstract | This new surficial geology map product represents the conversion of Map 8-1980 and its legend only, using the Geological Survey of Canada's Surficial Data Model (SDM version 2.2) which can be found in
Open File 8041. All geoscience knowledge and information from Map 8-1980 that conformed to the current SDM were maintained during the conversion process. Additional material such as marginal notes or figures which may exist on the original map, are
not included here. Supplementary legacy information was added to complement the converted geoscience data. This consists of a few glacial striations from Wright, 1967.It is identified in the accompanying geodatabase. The purpose of converting legacy
map data to a common science language and common legend is to enable and facilitate the efficient digital compilation, interpretation, management, and dissemination of geologic map information in a structured and consistent manner. This provides an
effective knowledge management tool designed around a geodatabase which can expand following the type of information to appear on new surficial geology maps. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The map 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 | 300687 |
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