Publication information
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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 6985

Regional Lake Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Baker Lake Area, Nunavut (NTS 55M and 65P)

M.W. McCurdy, S.J.A. Day, R.J. McNeil, and S.J. Pehrsson

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2012

doi:10.495/289584

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Recommended citation
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McCurdy, M.W., Day, S.J.A., McNeil, R.J., and Pehrsson, S.J., 2012.  Regional lake sediment and water geochemical data, Baker Lake Area, Nunavut (NTS 55M and 65P); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6985, 1 CD-ROM. doi:10.495/289584

Contents
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This is an 'Autoplay' CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.  Inserting the CD into your CD-ROM drive will automatically launch the interface.  If the interface does not launch, navigate to the root directory of the CD-ROM and double-click on ‘Autorun.exe.’

Directory structure:

Files on the root directory of this CD-ROM are listed below:

	DataFiles		- Geochemical data for GSC Open File 6985

Appendix 1 GSC OF 6985 DATA.xls

Worksheet		Contents
Field Data			site specific field observations including
 geographic coordinates
Original 1976 Data	AAS & specific methods analytical data for
 silt and water samples
Reanalysis ICP Data	ICP-MS/ES analytical data for silt
				 samples
Reanalysis INAA Data	INAA analytical data for silt samples

Appendix 2 GSC OF 6985 QUALITY CONTROL.xls

Worksheet		Contents
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Trueness		Compares accepted values for two
 international reference standards with 
			results from analysis of Baker Lake samples

Accuracy		Estimates repeatability using results from 
 analyses of two internal standards

BD Precision	Provides an estimate of precision using
 analytical duplicate pairs

ANOVA (FD)	Simple pair ANOVA estimates proportion of total
 variability due to each of sampling and analysis

Control Reference Data	Analytical data used to estimate
 ‘trueness’ and accuracy

Analytical Duplicate Data	Analytical data used to estimate
 Precision

Field Duplicate Data		Field duplicate data

GSC OF 6985 sample sites.kml	Keyhole Markup Language
 geospatial data files for
 Google Earth

GSC OF 6985 sample sites.kmz	compressed (zipped) KML
 geospatial data file for Google
 Earth

PDF		- Notes and Sample Location Map are presented as Adobe
 Portable Document Format (PDF) files

		GSC OF 6985 NOTES.pdf
		GSC OF 6985 SAMPLE LOCATIONS.pdf

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Author contact information
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Martin McCurdy
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-4430
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-mail: Martin.McCurdy@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Stephen Day
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-4950
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-mail: Stephen.Day@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Rick McNeil
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-7356
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-Mail: RickJ.McNeil@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Sally Pehrsson
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-943-8883
Fax. 613-943-5318
E-mail: Sally.Pehrsson@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

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