| Title | Surficial geology, Atorquait River, Nunavut, NTS 56-P/11 and 12 |
| 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 412, 2022, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/315132  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 | 2022 |
| Alt Series | Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Open File Map 2022-03 |
| 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, 1:50,000 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, UTM zone 16 (NAD83) |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| 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); pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 56P/11; 56P/12 |
| Area | Atorquait River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -90.0000 -89.0000 67.7500 67.5000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; postglacial deposits; alluvial fans; landslide deposits; slumps; flow trajectories; marine sediments; glacial deposits;
glacial landforms; glacial features; tills; till plains; eskers; paleocurrent directions; glacial lakes; meltwater channels; glacial striations; drumlinoids; glacial flutings; crag and tail; roches moutonnees; kames; kettles; silts; sands; gravels;
boulders; clays; periglacial features; felsenmeer; frost heaving; landforms; scarps; escarpments; depositional environment; sedimentary structures; glacial history; glaciation; Wisconsinian glacial stage; ice flow; deglaciation; ice retreat; ice
margins; deformation; Holocene; Pleistocene; alluvial sediments; alluvial floodplain sediments; alluvial terraced sediments; lacustrine sediments; lacustrine blanket; colluvial and mass-wasting deposits; colluvial and mass-wasting veneer; colluvial
and mass-wasting blanket; marine offshore sediments; marine blanket; glaciomarine sediments; glaciomarine deltaic sediments; glaciolacustrine sediments; glaciolacustrine blanket; glaciofluvial sediments; glaciofluvial outwash plain sediments;
glaciofluvial terraced sediments; glaciofluvial hummocky sediments; glaciofluvial veneer; glaciofluvial blanket; hummocky tills; till veneer; till blanket; geological contacts; landslide escarpments; terrace scarps; ice-flow directions; Phanerozoic;
Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | location maps; index maps |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Information Management |
| Released | 2022 12 13 |
| Abstract | This new surficial geology map product represents the conversion of Open File 5016, map 2 (Little, 2006) and its legend only, 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 5016, map 2 that conformed to the SDM were maintained during the conversion process. Supplementary legacy information (descriptive notes) on the original map is
not included here. Limited legacy information was added to complement the converted geoscience data. This consists of striations (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 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 | 315132 |
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