| Title | Surficial geology, Kitimat River valley-Kitimat River and McKay Creek confluence, Kitimat-Morice River corridor, British Columbia, parts of NTS 103-I/1, 2, 7, and 8 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Maynard, D E; Weiland, I C; Blais-Stevens, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Geoscience Map 318, 2019, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/308309  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/01; 103I/02; 103I/07; 103I/08 |
| Area | Kitimat River; Morice River; McKay Creek |
| Lat/Long WENS | -128.7000 -128.3833 54.3000 54.1708 |
| 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; glacial lakes; tills; ice
contact deposits; 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; glaciolacustrine sediments; glaciolacustrine veneer; glaciolacustrine blanket; glaciofluvial sediments;
glaciofluvial outwash plain sediments; glaciofluvial terraced sediments; glaciofluvial outwash fan sediments; glaciofluvial hummocky 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 Iron Mountain to Kitimat River and McKay Creek confluence map area covers a distance of about 27 km north from Iron Mountain to Kitimat River and McKay Creek confluence in part of the Kitsumkalum-Kitimat trough and then along the north
side of Kitimat River to just upstream of its confluence with Chist Creek. 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 | 308309 |
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