| Title | Glacial dispersal trains in North America |
| Author | Cummings, D I; Russell, H A J |
| Source | Journal of Maps vol. 14, no. 2, 2018 p. 476-485, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2018.1478752 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170380 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); docx (Microsoft® Word®); kmz (Google Earth(TM))) |
| Province | Canada; 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 |
| Area | Canada; United States |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -52.0000 90.0000 40.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; economic geology; glacial deposits; tills; boulder trains; muds; sands; gravels; glacial features; sediment dispersal; dispersal patterns; mineral deposits; mineral
exploration; glaciation; deglaciation; ice sheets; sedimentation; sedimentation dynamics; clasts; software; source rocks; source areas; dispersal trains; methodology |
| Illustrations | tables; block diagrams |
| Program | GEM Synthesis, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Program | Targeted
Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) |
| Released | 2018 08 02 |
| Abstract | A map depicting glacial dispersal trains in North America has been compiled from published sources. It covers the Canadian Shield, the Arctic Islands, the Cordillera and Appalachian mountains, and
Phanerozoic sedimentary basins south of the Shield. In total, 140 trains are portrayed, including those emanating from major mineral-deposit types (e.g. gold, base metal, diamondiferous kimberlite, etc.). The map took 10 years of on-and-off work to
generate, and it culls data from over 150 years of work by government, industry, and academia. It provides a new tool to help companies find ore deposits in Canada: the trains are generally a better predictor of dispersal distance and direction than
striations and streamlined landforms, the data typically depicted on surficial-geology maps, including 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)
Literature review of published glacial dispersal patterns. Focus was on peer reviewed journal publications etc. and the original publication must have
had a map of dispersal patterns. Map compiles 132 trains for North America by different classes. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 308069 |
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