| Title | Surficial geology, northern Prince of Wales and Russell islands, Nunavut, NTS 68-D and parts of 68-C, E |
| 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 359, 2018, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/308346  Open Access |
| Links | Surficial geology map collection
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| Links | Collection de données de géologie de surface
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| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Edition | surficial data model v.2.3.14 conversion |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, sediments, landforms, features, 1:250,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 14 (NAD83) |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Surficial geology, southern
Prince of Wales Island, District of Franklin, 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 | 68C/01; 68C/02NE; 68C/02SE; 68C/07; 68C/08; 68C/09; 68C/10; 68C/15; 68C/16; 68D; 68E/01; 68E/02; 68E/03; 68E/04; 68F/01; 68F/02 |
| Area | Prince of Wales Island; Russell Island |
| Lat/Long WENS | -101.7500 -96.0000 74.1667 73.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; postglacial deposits; alluvial fans; marine sediments; glacial deposits; glacial features; glacial landforms; tills; moraines; moraine, end; moraine, ribbed; moraine, de
geer; moraine, lateral; kettles; meltwater channels; eskers; paleocurrents; drumlinoids; glacial grooves; glacial flutings; ice flow; kames; glacial striations; cirques; drumlins; gravels; sands; silts; clays; muds; colluvial deposits; landforms;
glacial history; glaciation; deglaciation; landslides; mass wasting; solifluction; submergence; icebergs; scour marks; depositional environment; bedrock geology; lithology; alluvial sediments; alluvial floodplain sediments; alluvial terraced
sediments; marine beach sediments; marine deltaic sediments; glaciomarine sediments; glaciomarine veneer; glaciomarine blanket; glaciolacustrine sediments; glaciolacustrine veneer; glaciolacustrine blanket; glaciofluvial sediments; glaciofluvial
outwash plain sediments; glaciofluvial terraced sediments; glaciofluvial subaerial outwash fan sediments; glaciofluvial hummocky sediments; esker sediments; ice-contact scarps; bedrock scarps; ice-flow directions; geological contacts; retrogressive
thaw flows; dated sample locations; till veneer; till blanket; moraine ridges; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Geological Map Flow |
| Released | 2018 07 27 |
| Abstract | This new surficial geology map product represents the conversion of GSC Map 1689A (Dyke and Green, 1991) and part of GSC Map 1690A (Morris and Dyke, 1991) and their legends, using the Geological Survey
of Canada's Surficial Data Model (SDM version 2.3.14) (Deblonde et al., 2018). All geoscience knowledge and information from Map 1689A and part of Map 1690A that conformed to the current SDM were maintained during the conversion process. 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 geological map information in a structured and consistent
manner. This provides an effective knowledge-management tool designed around a geodatabase that 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 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 | 308346 |
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