| Title | Glacial dispersal-trains in North America. Part 1: description |
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| Author | Russell, H A J ;
Cummings, D I |
| Source | RFG 2018 - Resources for Future Generations, abstract volume; 1994, 2018 p. 1 |
| Links | Online - En ligne (pdf, 79 KB)
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| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170351 |
| Publisher | International Union of Geological Sciences |
| Meeting | RFG 2018 - Resources for Future Generations; Vancouver, BC; CA; June 16-21, 2018 |
| Document | Web site |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Glacial dispersal-trains in
North America. Part 2: interpretation |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Canada; British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut;
Canada |
| 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 |
| Area | Canada; United States of America |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -52.0000 90.0000 40.0000 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; economic geology; glacial deposits; glacial features; sediment dispersal; dispersal patterns; mineral deposits; mineral exploration; exploration methods; ice sheets;
sedimentation dynamics; dispersal trains; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals GEM Synthesis |
| Released | 2018 06 01 |
| Abstract | A glacial dispersal-train map of North America has been compiled from published sources. It culls over 100 years of work by government, industry, and academia, and covers the Canadian Shield and
glaciated parts of the Arctic Islands, the Cordilleran and Appalachian mountains, and Phanerozoic sedimentary basins south of the Shield. In total, 132 trains are portrayed, including those emanating from major mineral-deposit types (e.g., gold, base
metal, kimberlite, etc). The map provides a significant new tool to help companies find ore deposits: the trains are a more accurate predictor of dispersal distance and direction than striations and streamlined landforms, the data typically depicted
on surficial-geology maps, such as the Glacial Map of Canada. It also gives new insight into sedimentation patterns and processes beneath ice sheets, a sedimentary environment that, because of its inaccessibility, remains poorly understood and
controversial. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Abstract on the compilation of glacial dispersal patterns from known sources published. Includes work on GEM area. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306536 |
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