| Title | Surficial geology, Arrowsmith River south, Nunavut, NTS 56-O south |
| 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 397, 2023, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/314543  Open Access |
| Links | Surficial geology map collection
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| Links | Collection de données de géologie de surface
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| Image |  |
| Year | 2023 |
| Alt Series | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Open File Map 2023-01 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Publisher | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office |
| Edition | surficial data model v.2.3.14 conversion |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, sediments, landforms, features, 1:100,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 15 (NAD83) |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| 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); tiff; pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 56O/01; 56O/02; 56O/03; 56O/04; 56O/05; 56O/06; 56O/07; 56O/08 |
| Area | Arrowsmith River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -92.0000 -90.0000 67.5000 67.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; postglacial deposits; colluvial deposits; landslide deposits; debris flow deposits; glacial deposits; glacial features; glacial landforms; tills; till plains; glacial
erosion; meltwater channels; paleocurrents; moraines; eskers; drumlinoids; glacial flutings; crag and tail; kames; glacial striations; ice flow; glacial grooves; drumlins; roches moutonnees; glacial lakes; sands; silts; gravels; clays; boulders;
felsenmeer; permafrost; ground ice; periglacial features; frost action; frost heaving; solifluction; glacial history; glaciation; Wisconsinian glacial stage; deglaciation; shoreline changes; depositional environment; sedimentary structures;
Laurentide Till; colluvial and mass-wasting veneer; colluvial and mass-wasting blanket; alluvial sediments; alluvial floodplain sediments; alluvial terraced sediments; glaciolacustrine sediments; glaciolacustrine deltaic sediments; glaciolacustrine
blanket; glaciofluvial sediments; glaciofluvial outwash plain sediments; glaciofluvial terraced sediments; glaciofluvial hummocky sediments; glaciofluvial veneer; hummocky tills; till veneer; till blanket; moraine ridges; ice-flow directions;
geological contacts; beach crests; drumlinoid ridges; Avalanches; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Geological Map Flow |
| Released | 2023 01 18 |
| Abstract | This new surficial geology map product represents the conversion of Open File 4281 (Ozyer, 2004) and its legend, 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 Open File 4281 that conformed to the SDM were maintained during the conversion process. Additional material such as marginal notes which may exist on the original map, are not
included here. Supplementary, limited legacy information was added to complement the converted geoscience data. This consists of glacial striations and roches moutonnées from McMartin et al. (2003). It is identified in the accompanying geodatabase.
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 which 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, fieldwork and limited legacy 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 | 314543 |
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