| Title | Surficial geology, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, NTS 55-O |
| Download | Downloads |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Geological Survey of Canada |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 247, 2017, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/306107  Open Access |
| Links | Surficial geology map collection
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| Links | Collection de données de géologie de surface
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| 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 Surficial geology,
Chesterfield Inlet, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories |
| 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 | 55O |
| Area | Chesterfield Inlet; Hudson Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -92.0000 -90.0000 64.0000 63.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; alluvial deposits; lacustrine deposits; marine sediments; beach deposits; spits; deltaic deposits; lag deposits; sediment reworking; glacial deposits; glacial landforms;
glacial features; glaciofluvial deposits; outwash fans; eskers; flow trajectories; ice contact deposits; hummocks; fans; tills; till ridges; till plains; moraines; moraine, ribbed; moraine, end; moraine, de geer; meltwater channels; ice flow; ice
movement directions; drumlins; drumlinoids; glacial flutings; crag and tail; roches moutonnees; glacial striations; silts; sands; gravels; boulders; clays; scarps; raised beaches; shoreline changes; sea level changes; felsenmeer; vegetation;
permafrost; periglacial features; ice wedges; frost cracks; mud boils; patterned ground; ground ice; depositional environment; glacial history; glaciation; deglaciation; submergence; emergence; Tyrrell Sea; Keewatin Ice Divide; ice-pushed ridges;
Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Rae Province Project Management |
| Released | 2017 11 08 |
| Abstract | This new surficial geology map product represents the conversion of Map 1-1985 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 1-1985 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, limited legacy information was added to complement the converted geoscience data. This consists of ice flow features from McMartin and Henderson, 2004 and 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 geo-database 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 | 306107 |
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