| Title | Surficial geology, lower Kitimat River valley-Wedeene River, Kitimat-Morice River corridor, British Columbia, part of NTS 103-I/2 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Maynard, D E; Weiland, I C; Blais-Stevens, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 317, 2019, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/308308  Open Access |
| Links | Surficial geology map collection
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| Links | Collection de données de géologie de surface
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| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, surficial sediments and terrain stability, 1:25,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 9 (NAD83) |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | NRCan photo(s) in this
publication |
| Related | For all publications in this group, see the
following publications |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); rtf; xls (Microsoft® Excel® 2010); gdb (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); shp (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); xml (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); mxd (ESRI® ArcGIS(TM) 10.x); tiff |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 103I/02 |
| Area | Kitimat River; Morice River; Wedeene River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -128.7500 -128.6083 54.1708 54.0222 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; landslides; landslide deposits; debris flows; debris flow deposits; debris fans; talus; slumps; slopewash deposits; sediment transport; slope stability; slope failures;
postglacial deposits; organic deposits; fens; bogs; wetlands; peat; organic materials; colluvial deposits; mass wasting; slopewash deposits; fans; talus; alluvial fans; glacial deposits; glacial features; glacial landforms; tills; weathering; sands;
gravels; clays; silts; boulders; erosion; scarps; topography; depositional environment; glacial history; glaciation; Wisconsinian glacial stage; deglaciation; coastal environment; coastal erosion; planning; floods; Fraser Glaciation; Risk assessment;
sediment transport directions; anthropogenic deposits; organic veneer; colluvial and mass-wasting deposits; colluvial and mass-wasting veneer; colluvial and mass-wasting blanket; alluvial sediments; alluvial floodplain sediments; alluvial terraced
sediments; alluvial veneer; glaciomarine sediments; glaciomarine veneer; glaciomarine blanket; glaciofluvial sediments; glaciofluvial outwash plain sediments; glaciofluvial terraced sediments; glaciofluvial outwash fan sediments; glaciofluvial
veneer; glaciofluvial blanket; till veneer; till blanket; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps; photographs; geoscientific sketch maps; tables |
| Program | Public Safety
Geoscience Marine Geohazards |
| Program | Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) |
| Released | 2019 03 25 |
| Abstract | The 105 km long Kitimat-Morice River corridor features mostly interconnecting valleys linking the coastal community of Kitimat in northwestern British Columbia with the interior valley system of Morice
River. The lower Kitimat River valley-Wedeene River map area covers a distance of about 16 km along the west side of lower Kitimat River valley, extending north from the industrial area of Kitimat Municipality. Mapping of surficial sediments,
compilation of landslide deposits, and preliminary interpretation of bedrock types were primarily carried out using 1:20 000 British Columbia government aerial photographs dated from 2001 (west half of corridor in NTS 103-I) and 2013 (east half of
corridor in NTS 93-L). Older, field-based mapping by the authors in some parts of the study area was incorporated into this mapping, complemented with additional reconnaissance-level field observation in 2016. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Kitimat-Morice River study area in northwest British Columbia is 110 km long and up to 7 km wide from Kitimat east to Morice River. Mapping of
surficial sediments, compilation of landslide deposits, and preliminary interpretation of bedrock types up to height of land were primarily carried out using British Columbia airphotos dated from 2001, 2003, and 2007 ranging in scales from 1:15 000
to 1:25 000. Older, field-based mapping by the authors in some isolated parts of the study area was incorporated into this mapping. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 308308 |
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